Number of Students Who Need to Learn English Soars ; Study: Challenges Largely Unmet

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Enrollment of students who are English learners increased by more than 200 percent in Colorado schools between 1995 and 2005, according to a national study released Wednesday.

The dramatic growth has created many academic challenges for the state's school districts -- from providing enough English teachers and program money, to addressing the large disparities in academic achievement between English learners and students whose first language is English.

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Number of Students Who Need to Learn English Soars ; Study: Challenges Largely Unmet

The federal No Child Left Behind Act requires that all children, including English learners, reach high standards in reading and math.

But the study paints a fairly dismal portrait of academic success for the

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5.1 million English learners in Colorado and nationwide, showing wide gaps in their academic achievement compared with that of other stud...

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