ELL Admiting to ELL courses and exiting from them...
There seems to be a discrepancy in the world of English language learners. The first being the survey that puts them into English language courses to begin with, and the second being the requirements to exit them from the courses. An article by Salerno and Andrei (2021) discusses the varying Home Language Surveys (HLS) used by the 50 states in determining which children get tested for English language services. Their student looks at the different questions and the different requirements across the nation and determine that based on the requirements from the USDOE that various states use the requirements very differently. As part of their study they even filled out and submitted the form for different case studies to various states and the results varied. Part of the problem is the way the questions are written. Their can be misinterpretation based on the wording of the questions, as well as, a lack of a full picture of the language use of the child both positively and negatively....