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Table 8.3. MCAS Science Pass Rates for LEP Students at Various English Proficiency Levels in Different Types of ELL Programs. BPS, SY2009
ELL Programs
LEP
Levels 1 & 2
Elementary
Science Pass Rates
LEP MEPA/MCAS Test Takers
Levels 3 Levels 4 & 5
2
Pass Rate of English Proficient 72.0%
N % N % N %
LEP 45.1% 54 13.0% 1 185 20.5% 441 59.4%
LEP Not in an ELL Program 50.0% 11 27.3% 1 86 23.3% 249 60.6%
In ELL Program 39.9% 43 9.3% 1 99 18.2% 192 57.8%
In SEI 39.5% 27 0% 88 18.2% 176 56.8%
Multilingual 42.9% 1 0 NA 2 - 11 54.5%
Language Specific (All) 39.4% 27 0% 86 18.6% 165 57.0%
In Two-Way Bilingual 54.5% 1 - 6 - 14 71.4%
In SIFE 30.4% 1 15 26.7% 1 Middle School
5 - 2 -
3
Pass Rate of English Proficient 54.0%
N % N % N %
LEP 17.7% 91 3.3% 1 139 13.7% 156 30.8%
LEP Not in an ELL Program 20.0% 11 9.1% 1 33 15.2% 1 60 26.7%
In ELL Program 16.8% 80 2.5% 1 106 13.2% 96 33.3%
In SEI 15.1% 64 0% 96 12.5% 88 29.5%
Multilingual 18.8% 3 - 6 - 7 -
Language Specific (All) 14.8% 61 0% 90 12.2% 81 29.6%
In Two-Way Bilingual 0% 0 NA 0 NA 2 -
In TBE 71.4% 2 - 6 - 6 -
In SIFE 0% 14 0% 4 - 0 NA
High School 4
Pass Rate of English Proficient 82.4%
N % N % N %
LEP 59.2% 61 37.7% 213 52.1% 194 78.9%
LEP Not in an ELL Program 51.6% 9 - 40 42.5% 56 69.6%
In ELL Program 61.8% 52 34.6% 173 54.3% 138 82.6%
In SEI 61.5% 37 35.1% 155 51.6% 128 82.0%
Multilingual 58.8% 9 - 35 45.7% 22 81.8%
Language Specific (All) 62.2% 28 32.1% 1 120 53.3% 106 82.1%
In TBE 83.9% 8 - 13 92.3% 10 90.0% 1
In SIFE 15.4% 1 7 - 5 - 0 NA
Note: 1 Represents less than 10 students. 2 Elementary grades include Grade 5 only. Among LEPs in elementary school grades scoring at MEPA levels 1-2,
differences in MCAS Science pass rates were found to be significant when comparing students in SEI to students in SIFE (p=.012, medium effect size) and students
in SEI to students not in ELL programs (p=.020, medium effect size). Among LEPs in elementary school grades scoring at MEPA level 3, differences in MCAS
Science pass rates were not found to be significant when comparing students of various ELL program statuses. Among LEPs in elementary school grades scoring at
MEPA levels 4-5, differences in MCAS Science pass rates were not found to be significant when comparing students of various ELL program statuses. 3 Middle
school grades include Grade 8 only. Among LEPs in middle school grades scoring at MEPA levels 1-2, differences in MCAS Science pass rates were found to be
significant when comparing students in SEI to students in TBE (p=.000, large effect size). Among LEPs in middle school grades scoring at MEPA level 3, differences
in MCAS Science pass rates were not found to be significant when comparing students of different ELL program statuses. Among LEPs in middle school grades
scoring at MEPA levels 4-5, differences in MCAS Science pass rates were found to be significant when comparing students in SEI to students in TBE (p=001,
medium effect size). 4 High school grades include Grade 10 only Among LEPs in high school scoring at MEPA levels 1-2, differences in MCAS Science pass rates
were not found to be significant when comparing students of various ELL program statuses. Among LEPs in high school scoring at MEPA level 3, differences in
MCAS Science pass rates were found to be significant when comparing students in SEI to students in TBE (p=.007, small effect size). Among LEPs in high school
scoring at MEPA levels 4-5, differences in MCAS Science pass rates were found to be significant when comparing students in ELL programs to students not in ELL
programs (p=.045,small effect size).
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