National Survey of Public Education's Response To COVID-19: Spotlight on English Learners

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) launched a nationally representative survey to better understand how school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs) have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. This brief presents survey results about 753 districts on the supports and resources they provided in the spring of 2020 for serving English learners (ELs) during the pandemic. Findings indicate that urban districts were more likely to provide resources and instructional requirements than rural districts. In addition, high percentage EL districts were more likely to provide these supports and requirements than low percentage EL districts.