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Increase in English Proficiency

March 31, 2004 1 min read
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These results show an 18-percentage-point increase in the percent of English-learners scoring “early advanced” or “advanced” since the first California English Language Development Test administration in 2001.

Increase in English Proficiency

SOURCE: California Department of Education

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