Full Report - Center for Collaborative Education

VII. DROPPING OUT 48
A. What Are the Annual Middle School and High School Dropout Rates of English Language Learners?
How Do Their Rates Compare to Those of English Proficient Students? How Have the Annual
Middle School and High School Dropout Rates of LEP Students Changed through Time? 49
IN DEPTH: Summer Dropouts 50
B. What Are the Annual Middle School and High School Dropout Rates of LEP Students with
Different Characteristics?
IN DEPTH: Middle School Dropouts 51
C. What Are the Rates of Attendance, Suspension, and Retention of English Language Learners?
How Do They Compare to Those of English Proficient Students? 53
IN DEPTH: Retention in Grade 9 54
D. What Are the Attendance, Out-of-School Suspension, and Retention Rates of English Language
Learners with Different Characteristics? 54
IN DEPTH: Absenteeism, Suspensions, Retention, and Dropping Out. 58
E. What Are the Annual Middle School and High School Dropout Rates of English Language
Learners in Different Types of Schools and Programs? 58
IN DEPTH: A Brief Look at LEP Dropouts and MCAS 60
VIII. MCAS RESULTS 62
A. How Do MCAS Pass Rates of English Language Learners Compare with Those of English Proficient
Students? How Have the MCAS Outcomes of English Language Learners Changed through Time? 65
IN DEPTH: Taking English Proficiency into Account… 68
B. What Are the MCAS ELA, Math, and Science Outcomes of LEP Students of Different Characteristics? 70
IN DEPTH: Attendance Rates of MCAS Test-Takers and Their MCAS Outcomes 73
C. What Are the ELA and Math Pass Rates of English Language Learners in Schools of
Different Characteristics? 74
D. What are the MCAS ELA and Math Pass Rates of English Language Learners at MEPA
Performance Levels 4 and 5 in Different Types of Programs? 77
IN DEPTH: Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) to Determine the Relative Importance
of Individual- and School-Level Factors in LEP Students’ ELA and Math MCAS Outcomes 80
IX. FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DISTRICT 86
A. Overall Findings and General Recommendations 87
B. Specific Findings and Recommendations Related to Enrollment and Characteristics of
English Language Learners. 91
C. Specific Findings and Recommendations Related to English Acquisition 93
D. Specific Findings and Recommendations Related to Dropping Out 94
E. Specific Findings Related to Outcomes on the MCAS 96
F. Other Recommendations 99
REFERENCES 100
APPEnDIx 1: Methods 106
APPEnDIx 2: Additional Tables for Chapters III to VIII 121
APPEnDIx 3: Characteristics and Outcomes of LEP Students with Disabilities 133
APPEnDIx 4: Additional HLM Results 136
Improving Educational Outcomes of English Language Learners in Schools and Programs in Boston Public Schools 5