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USBE data show English learners less likely to have licensed teachers, slower growth on state tests
Summary
State Board staff presented data showing English learners in Utah are growing and scoring behind peers, are more likely to be assigned to educators without a professional license, and that ESL endorsements and full‑day kindergarten are associated with better outcomes.
Kristen Campbell, a research analyst with the Utah State Board of Education, told the Standards and Assessment Committee that English learners in Utah are underperforming and making smaller gains than their peers on state assessments.
Campbell said that as of Oct. 1, 2023, more than 70,000 Utah students were designated as English learners, about 11,000 of whom are classified as fluent and about 60,000 still eligible for services. She said that group now represents more than 10% of Utah students, up from roughly 2% a decade ago.
The data presented compared English learners and other students on the RISE test and other measures. "Student proficiency on RISE is pretty dismal for multi‑language learners," Campbell said, citing a math and language‑arts proficiency gap (she gave an…
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