English-Language Learners Correction

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May 20, 2008 1 min read
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A story and chart in the May 14, 2008, issue of Education Week about states that have curtailed bilingual education should have said that trends in student achievement identified by Daniel J. Losen of the Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, were based on test scores in reading of English-language learners in 4th grade, not 4th and 8th grades.

A version of this article appeared in the May 21, 2008 edition of Education Week

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