Education outcomes of Hawai‘i public school students who are identified as English Learners (ELs).
Hawai‘i is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse states in the country. Through a partnership with the Hawai‘i State Department of Education (DOE), Hawai‘i Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Data Disaggregation Grant, P-20 created this report to tell the story of English Learner (EL) and AAPI students in Hawai‘i's public schools. The following sections explore the linguistic diversity of Hawai‘i’s public schools and examine academic outcomes and best practices for supporting these students.
When students enter public school, if their family indicates they use a language other than English, they are given an English proficiency test.
Code | Language |
---|---|
CAN | Cantonese |
CHU | Chuukese |
ILO | Ilokano |
JPN | Japanese |
KOS | Kosraean |
MAN | Mandarin |
MAR | Marshallese |
SAM | Samoan |
SPA | Spanish |
TAG | Tagalog |
On-time graduation tracks whether a 9th grade cohort earns a high school diploma within four years. The pie chart below shows us that nearly one in four high school students were either Active EL in high school or had already exited EL before starting high school.