English learners’ access to core content: Academic course enrollment in high school

Using statewide data from Oregon (2013/14–2018/19) and Michigan (2011/12–2014/15), this brief explores the prevalence of EL students’ exclusionary tracking in high school, compared to former and never ELs. The brief also examines the factors that were associated with EL students’ course enrollment and whether English language development (ELD) classes crowded out EL students’ schedules. Because the data are not current, they do not necessarily represent patterns in more recent years.