Center for Latino Policy Research

The current federal policy environment draws unprecedented attention to the achievement of English Learners and Latinos by requiring schools to accelerate the achievement not just of all students, but of those students historically under-served by public schools. School reform organizations have responded to these policies by marketing their services to schools serving high numbers of English Learners and students of color in order to work as key intermediaries between schools and the state. This policy brief shares the results of research on reformer's attempts to strengthen teacher's instruction for English Learners and Latinos, and the next steps that schools and reformers are poised to take.