This 2011 Issue Brief from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers provides authorizers and school leaders with background and descriptions of the laws regarding education of English Language Learners (ELLs). The brief also summarizes demographic trends, notes studies of the performance of charter schools with ELL students, and describes the features of schools that are effective with these students.

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