LEADER 05234nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910781781203321 005 20230725050913.0 010 $a0-309-21673-7 010 $a1-283-21339-7 010 $a9786613213396 010 $a0-309-18659-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000000043045 035 $a(EBL)3564218 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000533888 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11319021 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000533888 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10492316 035 $a(PQKB)10686894 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3564218 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3564218 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10488612 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL321339 035 $a(OCoLC)739044571 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000043045 100 $a20110827d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAllocating federal funds for state programs for English language learners$b[electronic resource] /$fNational Research Council of the National Academies 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academies Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 300 $a"Panel to Review Alternative Data Sources for the Limited-English Proficiency Allocation Formula under Title III, Part A, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Committee on National Statistics and Board on Testing and Assessment, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education." 311 $a0-309-18658-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 American Community Survey Estimates""; ""3 Quality and Comparability of State Tests of English Language Proficiency""; ""4 State Procedures for Identifying and Classifying English Language Learners""; ""5 Comparison of American Community Survey Estimates and State Counts""; ""6 Comparability of Estimates of Immigrant School-Age Children""; ""7 Decision Criteria and Recommendations""; ""References and Bibliography"" 327 $a""Appendix A: Review of English Language Proficiency Tests""""Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff""; ""Committee on National Statistics""; ""Board on Testing and Assessment"" 330 $aAs the United States continues to be a nation of immigrants and their children, the nation's school systems face increased enrollments of students whose primary language is not English. With the 2001 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the allocation of federal funds for programs to assist these students to be proficient in English became formula-based: 80 percent on the basis of the population of children with limited English proficiency and 20 percent on the basis of the population of recently immigrated children and youth. Title III of NCLB directs the U.S. Department of Education to allocate funds on the basis of the more accurate of two allowable data sources: the number of students reported to the federal government by each state education agency or data from the American Community Survey (ACS). The department determined that the ACS estimates are more accurate, and since 2005, those data have been basis for the federal distribution of Title III funds. Subsequently, analyses of the two data sources have raised concerns about that decision, especially because the two allowable data sources would allocate quite different amounts to the states. In addition, while shortcomings were noted in the data provided by the states, the ACS estimates were shown to fluctuate between years, causing concern among the states about the unpredictability and unevenness of program funding. In this context, the U.S. Department of Education commissioned the National Research Council to address the accuracy of the estimates from the two data sources and the factors that influence the estimates. The resulting book also considers means of increasing the accuracy of the data sources or alternative data sources that could be used for allocation purposes. 606 $aEnglish language$xStudy and teaching$xForeign speakers$zUnited States$xFinance 606 $aEducation$xFinance 615 0$aEnglish language$xStudy and teaching$xForeign speakers$xFinance. 615 0$aEducation$xFinance. 676 $a379.121 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bPanel to Review Alternative Data Sources for the Limited-English Proficiency Allocation Formula under Title III, Part A, Elementary and Secondary Education Act. 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bCommittee on National Statistics. 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bCommission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.$bBoard on Testing and Assessment. 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bDivision of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781781203321 996 $aAllocating federal funds for state programs for English language learners$93760313 997 $aUNINA