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Critics Say Regents English Tests Push Immigrants to Drop Out

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More than 31 percent of the students classified as English language learners who were supposed to graduate in June 2001 dropped out along the way. The dropout rate has increased sharply since the Regents requirement was enacted in 1999. Of those English learners who were supposed to graduate in 1998, about 17 percent dropped out, according to the Board of Education.”

(NY Times)

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