Published: October 15, 2004

Quality Counts Archive

Quality Counts is Education Week's annual report on state-level efforts to improve public education. Published in January.

2009: Portrait of a Population

Quality Counts 2009 provides a comprehensive, data-driven profile of the growth of English-language learners (ELLs) in U.S. schools. These data, combined with new information on state policies and academic achievement, underscore the urgent challenges posed by this critical population and the diverse and often insufficient responses by federal and state policymakers.

Web-only content includes:

• State Highlights Reports ($)

• State Report Cards Map

• Detailed State Data

• Grading Calculator: Calculate Your Own Grade: Manipulate grades for states based on weighting schemes of your choice.

• Student Profiles: 13 demographic portraits, with audio interviews, of English-Language Learners from schools across the country.