ERIC ED508117: School Libraries Count! Supplemental Report on English Language Learners

2009·0.35 MB·English

by  ERIC

Survey bAcKground
In 2007, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) initiated an
annual survey of school library media programs. The development of this
longitudinal survey project was mandated by the AASL Board as part of the
association’s strategic plan with the goal to provide research and statistics
to be used at the national, state and local levels when advocating for school
library media programs. The survey was developed through the AASL Research
& Statistics committee with AASL Board review and final approval.
In addition to annual survey questions, starting in 2008 AASL began adding
a series of questions that change annually and address a current issue within
the school library field. In 2009 AASL focused these questions on English
Language Learners (ELL). This report summarizes those findings.
2009 marked the third year of AASL’s “School Libraries Count!” survey, with
5,824 respondents. The results represent a + 1.3 percentage points at the 95%
confidence level.
Key highLightS: Student popuLAtion
• ELLs are a sizable segment of the current US student population.
Among 14% of responding schools, a student body with 25% or
more ELL was reported. The highest concentration was reported
in elementary schools where nearly one in five (19%) have 25% or
more ELL students, with concentrations at this level dropping at
middle (10%) and high (9%) schools.
• Subgroup categories that showed significantly higher percentages
than other subgroup categories in relation to the student populations
of ELL at 25% or greater included:
Elementary school (19%)
Public school (14%)
West (region) (25%)
Metropolitan (18%)
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perceived most effective initiatives for ELL
hours per week meeting with teachers to plan
number of books number of audio materials number of individual visits in a typical week
Total number of hours the library is open
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000
Total number of hours available for flexible
number of computers in the library
schedulingeach week hours per week spent delivering number of periodical number of group visits in a typical week ELL collaboration strategies used.
instruction
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 perceived most effective initiatives for ELL
hours per week meeting with teachers to plan
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 number of books number of audio materials number of individual visits in a typical week
Total number of hours the library is open
Number of Teach-Librarians & hours
hours per week spent working on budget average spent on informational resourses
number of video materials number of computers located elseware in the school
percent of students who are eLL coLLAborAtion StrAtegieS
Percent of Students who are ELL
english Language Learners (eLL)
• More than half of respondents (51%) said they are most likely to
percent of Schools with 25% or more eLL
promote reading by allowing students to select their own reading
25% materials from a collection (independent reading initiative such as
25
SSR or content-specific independent reading).
19%
20 18%
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9% 9% 9%
10 8%
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 6%
• More than one-third of respondents (36%) said they don’t use any
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of the ELL collaboration strategies listed.
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Design lessons rich in content without 24%
being too dependent on language
• One in four respondents (25%) rated free-choice reading as the most
effective ELL initiative. However, nine out of ten respondents (91%) Set both content and 16%
language goals in learning
reported less than 5% of their collection is in a language other than
English. For 16% of respondents, the only language available in the Provide a rich collection of 15%
resources in multiple languages
school’s library is English. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
hours per week meeting with teachers to plan 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 0 200 4p00erc6e00ive8d00 m1o00s0t e1ff200ective initiatives for ELL
number of books number of audio materials number of individual visits in a typical week None of the above 36%
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000
perceived most effective initiatives for eLL
Total number of hours the library is open
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Total number of hours available for flexible
number of computers in the library percentage of non-english
schedulingeach week hinosutrrus cpteiorn week spent delivering number of perio0dic1a0l 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0 10 20 30 40 Sc5h0otohla6-tw0 eidne7c 0orueara8dg0ineg nf ruienmeit-icbahetoirvi ecoesf group visits in a typi0cal we12e05k% 20 30 40 50 60 EpLLu cbolllaibcoarattiioon nstsra tiengi etsh usee dc. ollection 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
reading
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Co-teaching of teachers 11%
and librarians More than 10% 3%
Number of Teach-Librarians & hours
hours per week spent working on budget Outreach to parent(s) of ELL 11% average spent on informational resourses
number of video materials number of computers located elseware in the school
Between 5% and <10% 6%
School-wide professional 11%
development on ELL
Less than 5% 33%
Formal Outreach to 2%
parenting workshops
None or less than 1% 58%
40% Percent of Students who are ELL
None of the above
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
0 50 100 150 200 250 3000 13050 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0 200 4000 61000 2080300 41000050 126000 70 80 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
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Number of Teach-Librarians & hours 20
Total number of hours available for flexible hours per week spent working on budget number of video materials number of computers located elseware in the school average spent on informational resourses
number of computers in the library
schedulingeach week hours per week spent delivering number of periodical number of group visits in a typical week ELL collaboration strategies used. 15
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Percent of Students who are ELL
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hours per week spent working on budget average spent on informational resourses
number of video materials number of computers located elseware in the school
Percent of Students who are ELL
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