For example, among eighth - grade ELL students in Florida, about 30 % score at or above the proficient level in math if they attend a middle school that has a minimum
threshold number of white students.
However, when ELL students attended public schools with at least a minimum
threshold number of white students, the gap between the math proficiency scores of white students and ELL students was considerably narrower, the Pew Hispanic Center analysis has found.
Not exact matches
In California, 75 %
of white third - grade
students who attend public schools without the minimum
threshold number of ELL
students perform at or above the proficient level on the state's mathematics assessment test, whereas just 67 %
of the
white California third - graders who attend schools with the minimum
threshold number of ELL
students score at or above the proficient level.