English-Learners Aren't 'Perpetually Struggling,' We Just Aren't Gauging Their Progress, Study Finds

Current and former English-language learners have made significant progress in the past 15 years on the test dubbed the "Nation's Report Card"improving faster than English-only students. That's the takeaway from a study released this morning in the journal Education Researcher. Michael Kieffer, an associate professor at New York University, and Karen Thompson, an assistant professor at Oregon State University, found that 4th and 8th grade multilingual students' scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in math and reading have risen two to three times faster since 2003 than those of students who speak only English at home. It's a...