English Language Acquisition Grants Under the No Child Left Behind Act : Analysis of State Grant Formula and Data Options.

Provides overview of the English language acquisition program, which provides grants to States to ensure that limited English proficient and recent immigrant students attain proficiency in English. Analyzes American Community Survey (ACS) and State-reported data currently used by Department of Educa...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Education, Bilingual. Governmental investigations > United States. Students. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides overview of the English language acquisition program, which provides grants to States to ensure that limited English proficient and recent immigrant students attain proficiency in English. Analyzes American Community Survey (ACS) and State-reported data currently used by Department of Education to calculate these grants; compares student counts based on ACS and State data; examines differences in estimated FY2007 State grants; and reviews drawbacks of using either ACS or State-reported data, including possible alternative strategies for calculating State grants. Includes tables.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.