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| Title | New Report: Adult English Language Instruction in the United States |
| Body | From http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline/archives/2007/08/new_report_adul.html The Migration Policy Institute's new report, "Adult English Language Instruction in the United States: Determining Need and Investing Wisely," suggests that in order to get to a level of proficiency necessary for civic integration or to begin post-secondary education, approximately 5.8 million adult lawful permanent residents (LPRs) currently in the United States will need about 277 million hours of English language instruction a year for six years. The report, also suggests that if only half of adult LPRs were to participate in classroom English instruction and 10 percent of instruction could be done outside the classroom, the additional cost of meeting LPRs' English instruction needs would be about $200 million a year for six years, over and above the approximately $1 billion currently spent annually by the federal government and states. The report uses Census-based estimates of the number, educational attainment, and English skills of immigrants currently in the United States, indexes immigrants' needs to existing student performance levels, and provides suggestions on how to strategically expand instructional services to meet these needs. Download the report at http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/NCIIP_English_Instruction073107.pdf . |
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| Inputdate | 2007-09-09 10:55:55 |
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| Publishdate | 2007-09-10 00:00:00 |
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