Timing to Reclassification for English Learners in Texas: Exploring the Role of District Mobility

• In Event: On the Road to Equity: Studies of the Impact and Influences of Education Policy

Abstract

This study examined patterns of timing to reclassification for English learner (EL) students in the state of Texas and explored whether student mobility, in particular moving districts, changed when EL students reclassified. Using survival analysis, we found large gaps in timing to reclassification between mobile and non-mobile students. Specifically, staying in the same district 1st through 12th grade shortened ELs time to reclassification while moving districts delayed reclassification.

Authors

• Esmeralda Sanchez Salazar, Rice University

• Elizabeth B. Cashiola, Rice University - Kinder Institute