Many ELL students do not receive the same instruction as other students because they spend a large portion of their time learning English as a second language. Experience in New York and California indicates that students who become proficient in English are more likely to pass exit exams and graduate than students as a whole.

The percentage of English Language Learners nationwide that will have to pass an exit exam to graduate will increase dramatically over the next few years. By 2012, the percentage of ELL students affected will rise to 87%, based on current enrollment distributions.

In addition, the percentage of ELL students receiving more than 10 hours of specialized services each week has declined from about 67% in 1993 to 52% in 2003. One could speculate that the reduction of specialized services is partly due to restricted practice of bilingual education.

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