North+Gaston+ELL+Population

Most of our current ELL population are from Mexico. These students face many struggles:


 * Culture - American vs. their own
 * Few opportunities for teachers to provide individual training in large classes
 * Lack of differentiated instruction (language, instructions/materials)
 * Frustration - students feel less intelligent because they are unable to keep up with the class.
 * Lack of home support - students are expected to achieve the same grades as in their home country, and many of these students live in non-English speaking environments that provide no practice or help with English.



The graph represents the 4 year cohort graduation rate. These students entered high school in 2007-2008 and graduated in 2010-2011. English Language Learners have a 20% lower graduation rate than other subpopulations in our school.

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