California's commitment to adult English learners
Subtitle: caught between funding and need
By: Arturo Gonzalez.
Publisher: Public Policy Institute of California
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781582131238
Subjects: Adult education -- California -- Finance; English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Main findings; title: Policy implications; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: Research goals and questions; title: Outline of the report; title: Policy context for adult education in California; title: Public and private providers in the state; title: Dual-provider system; title: Funding issues facing adult schools; title: The English proficiency of California's immigrants; title: The ESL target population in California; title: Predicted enrollment; title: Chapter summary; title: Enrollment in ESL programs; title: ESL enrollment: regional variation; title: Trends in enrollment in public providers; title: ESL enrollment and ADA units; title: Where is enrollment constrained?; title: Teaching for free?; title: Chapter summary; title: Policy implications and conclusion; title: Policy consequences of overenrolled courses; title: Partial reform of the adult school funding formula; title: How much does partial reform of the funding formula help?; title: Policy implications; title: Chapter summary; title: Selected references; title: Appendix A. Notes on data and methods; title: Census data; title: Estimates of enrollment; title: Data; title: Empirical model; title: Adult school and community college data; title: Appendix B. Estimates and results.