Academic Progress for English Learners

Many of California’s K–12 students are English Learners. Some have been in US schools since kindergarten, while others are new to US schools and may be refugees or unaccompanied minors. Laura Hill, a senior research fellow at PPIC, and Megan Hopkins, an assistant professor of education studies at the University of California, San Diego, summarize new research on academic progress among English Learners in middle school and high school and the factors associated with their successes and struggles.