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Language Proficiency Attainment And Mobility Among Ell Students, Elizabeth Ayers Neill

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The impact student mobility has on academic achievement has been researched in the United States since the early 20^th century (Goebel, 1978). Mobility for students is a risk factor often compounded by poverty, ELL students are at a higher risk of lower achievement. Educators face challenges in tracking records, monitoring, remediating, gap closing, and assisting students in transition periods. The data collected in this quantitative study was analyzed to determine the impact mobility has on English language learners and their attainment of a second language. This quantitative study examined the relationship between non-mobile and highly mobile ELL students in …