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English Language Learners: What's at Stake for Arizona?

ContributorsJimenez-Castellanos, Oscar (Author) / Combs, Mary Carol (Author) / Martinez, David (Author) / Gomez, Laura (Author) / Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center (Publisher) / Arizona Indicators (Project) (Publisher) / Morrison Institute for Public Policy (Publisher)
Created2013-03
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The report is both comprehensive and timely, with ELL-related discussions presently taking place in the Legislature that would remove ELL from the throes of political ideologies and return oversight to the State Board of Education. It notes the economic impact on all of Arizona if ELL programs and funding are…

The report is both comprehensive and timely, with ELL-related discussions presently taking place in the Legislature that would remove ELL from the throes of political ideologies and return oversight to the State Board of Education. It notes the economic impact on all of Arizona if ELL programs and funding are not improved.
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Closing the Achievement Gap for Students With a Home Language Other Than English

ContributorsMorrison Institute for Public Policy (Author) / Arizona Indicators (Project) (Publisher)
Created2010-01-01
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Many Arizona students speak a language other than English at home. Read a new analysis of how these non-English home language students perform on the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test relative to their English home language peers.

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The 2010 Census Count for Arizona

ContributorsRex, Tom R. (Author) / Arizona Indicators (Project) (Publisher) / Morrison Institute for Public Policy (Publisher)
Created2011-01-26
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The decennial census count for Arizona of 6,392,017 on April 1, 2010 is considerably less than the latest population estimates, which are for July 1, 2009. In this edition of Indicator Insight, author Tom Rex examines the possible reasons for the large census count discrepancy and its implications for Arizona.