Estimating the Impacts of State Immigration Reforms on Enrollment and Achievement Among Hispanics and English Language Learners

• In Event: 26.081 - Poster Session 3
  In Poster Session: 26.081-1 - Division G Section 4: Policy and Praxis

Abstract

Focusing on state K-12 enrollment, this paper examines whether state anti-illegal immigration laws reduced ELL/LEP enrollment. Using state-fixed effects models to examine enrollment trends in six states enacting similar laws primarily in 2011, the results suggest that the upward trajectory of ELL/LEP student enrollment halted and reversed in response to changes in state laws.

Author

• Jason Eton Scott, University of California - Berkeley