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Full Report - Center for Collaborative Education

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C What Are the ELA and Math<br />

Pass Rates of English Language<br />

Learners in Schools with<br />

Different Characteristics?<br />

Elementary MCAS ELA and Math Pass Rates in<br />

Schools with Different Characteristics<br />

The differences in ELA pass rates among LEP students<br />

in schools with different characteristics are<br />

significant in relation to the poverty rate of schools,<br />

accountability status, and teacher qualifications.<br />

Table 41 shows that LEP students have higher pass<br />

rates in ELA when they are enrolled in elementary<br />

schools:<br />

• with lower poverty rates;<br />

• that had met AYP goals in Math and ELA;<br />

• that had a proportion of licensed teachers<br />

higher than the district; and,<br />

• that had lower proportions of courses<br />

taught by highly qualified teachers than the<br />

district’s average.<br />

The density of LEP students, the school’s accountability<br />

status, and the proportion of courses taught<br />

by highly qualified teachers are significant in the<br />

differences of Math pass rates of LEP students.<br />

For LEP students, Math pass rates are higher in<br />

elementary schools that have higher densities of LEP<br />

students and in elementary schools with lower pro-<br />

Table 41. Elementary School MCAS Pass Rates of LEP Students in Schools with Different Characteristics.<br />

BPS, SY2009<br />

LEP MCAS Pass Rates<br />

ELA3 Math4 EP 84.0% 76.3%<br />

All LEP 64.9% 61.8%<br />

School Size<br />

Large 62.6% 61.9%<br />

Medium 63.3% 60.4%<br />

Small 69.3% 63.5%<br />

Poverty Rate<br />

Poverty rate 25-75% 74.8% 66.1%<br />

Poverty rate >75% 64.0% 61.4%<br />

LEP Density<br />

0-10% 65.9% 55.7%<br />

10.1-30% 68.8% 64.1%<br />

30.1-50% 63.2% 59.3%<br />

>50% 63.9% 67.0%<br />

Accountability Status1 Met AYP in ELA 74.0% 68.2%<br />

Did not meet AYP in ELA 60.9% 59.0%<br />

Met AYP in Math 75.5% 71.2%<br />

Did not meet AYP in Math 63.7% 60.8%<br />

Teacher Qualifications2 % of teachers licensed in teaching assignment, above district average<br />

(>97.9%)<br />

66.7% 61.8%<br />

% of teachers licensed in teaching assignment, at or below district<br />

average (95.9%)<br />

62.9% 59.7%<br />

% of core academic classes taught by highly qualified teachers, at or<br />

below district average (

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