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Briefing: 8% of Arkansas students were English learners in 2021; exit rates and test results vary
Summary
Bureau analysts told the committee that approximately 8% of Arkansas students were identified as English language learners in 2021, ELPA21 and federal rules shape identification and exit criteria, and ELL students score lower on ACT Aspire and NAEP measures, though growth measures and graduation rates show strengths in some districts.
Adrian Beck of the Bureau of Legislative Research summarized how Arkansas identifies, serves and measures English language learners (ELLs), highlighting federal legal obligations, program models and student outcomes.
Beck said federal law (Title VI and the Supreme Court case cited in the presentation) requires districts to provide an equal educational opportunity and to take steps beyond offering the same materials to ensure ELL…
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