A CASUAL-COMPARITIVE STUDY FOR ELL LITERACY
GROWTH IN KINDERGARTEN
Lindsey White
ver the past decade, public schools
in the United States have become increasingly
more diverse. In the year 2001, there were
more than 4.5 million English Language
Learners enrolled in public schools across the
United States (Schulz, 2009). By the year 2008,
that enrollment increased to 5.3 million
students, making up a total of 10.6% of
American schools’ student population
(Calderon, Slavin, & Sanchez, 2011). With this
increasi