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TitleNew Study Reveals ELLs' Graduation Obstacles
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The Center on Education Policy has found that high numbers of students who struggle to speak or read English well are unlikely to graduate, due to the challenges presented by high-stakes tests in a number of subjects. Due in part to a lack of skills needed to understand the tests and a schedule which takes away content class time for English language lessons, this performance gap is expected to increase unless states with graduation exams continue to increase funding for teacher training and other preparations for struggling students. Read the Newsday.com article at:

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-graduation-exams,0,1497555.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines
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