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The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) is supporting and amplifying the Department of
Education’s goal to create pathways for global engagement by working to provide every student with a
pathway to multilingualism while ensuring equitable access to a high-quality

As part of ED's Raise the Bar efforts to create pathways for global engagement, the Department is working to provide every student with a pathway to multilingualism while ensuring equitable access to a high-quality education for students who are English Learners (ELs), who historicall

The Seal of Biliteracy is an award given by a state educational agency (SEA) to recognize students who have studied and attained proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation.

Prior research has documented substantial inequity across, racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines within the population of students identified as gifted.

The number of English learners enrolled in public schools has grown substantially in the United States over the past two decades.

The U.S. Department of Education's "Raise the Bar" initiative aims to provide every student with a pathway to multilingualism, while ensuring equitable access to a high-quality education for English learners.

The U.S. Department of Education's "Raise the Bar" initiative aims to provide every student with a pathway to multilingualism, while ensuring equitable access to a high-quality education for English learners.

The U.S. Department of Education's "Raise the Bar" initiative aims to provide every student with a pathway to multilingualism, while ensuring equitable access to a high-quality education for English learners.

With the increased number of English learners (ELs) participating in large-scale state testing, there has been an increased focus on fairness in testing for these students.