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Multilingual learners doing better in US schools than previously thought

  • Written by Karen D. Thompson, Assistant Professor of Education, Oregon State University
Multilingual students have made steady progress in recent years, new research shows.Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock

Between 2003 to 2015, multilingual students showed two to three times more progress in reading and math than students who speak English only. With this progress, the achievement gaps between multilingual students and their peers...

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