Title page
Contents
Why this study? 2
Research questions 4
Findings 7
Implications 15
References 16
Figure 1. On average, American Indian English learner students in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 kindergarten cohorts earned a profciency score below 3.0... 8
Figure 2. Low percentages of American Indian English learner students in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 kindergarten cohorts were reclassifed as English... 9
Figure 3. On average, American Indian English learner students in the 2013/14 or 2014/15 kindergarten cohorts who earned high profciency scores on the... 9
Figure 4. American Indian English learner students in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 kindergarten cohorts who were reclassifed as English profcient and... 10
Figure 5. Although few American Indian English learner students in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 kindergarten cohorts met grade-level standards on the... 11
Figure 6. Most American Indian English learner students in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 kindergarten cohorts who attended a school with a bilingual... 12
Figure 7. Most American Indian English learner students in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 kindergarten cohorts who attended a school with a heritage... 13
Figure 8. American Indian English learner students in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 kindergarten cohorts who attended a school with a bilingual... 14
Boxes
Box 1. Key terms 3
Box 2. Data sources, sample, methods, and limitations 5