As States Develop Accountability Mechanisms under Recent Federal ESSA Education Law, MPI Issues State Fact Sheets on Immigrant & U.S.-Born English Learners

WASHINGTON — With states given significant leeway under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to satisfy requirements for the education of English Learners (ELs), a new set of fact sheets examining the EL population in select states can help community organizations, policymakers and others better understand the state demographic context and some of the basics regarding EL policies under ESSA and its predecessor, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).