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Aug 14, 2025

The State of Public Education in 2025 in Five Charts

RAND surveys teachers, principals, superintendents, youth (12–21), and parents to keep tabs on what is happening in U.S. K–12 public education. When we looked back on the last 12 months of reports based on our surveys, these are the findings that told us the most about the state of American public schools.
Research

Jun 3, 2025

Lost in Translation — Teachers Report Feeling Unprepared to Support Multilingual Learners: Findings from the 2024 American Instructional Resources Survey

Using educator survey data, authors explore how prepared U.S. teachers report feeling to teach multilingual learners (MLLs) and educators' prioritization of supports for MLLs when selecting professional learning, materials, and activities.
Research

Jan 16, 2025

Educational Spillover Effects of New English Learners in a New Destination State

In this study, we examine the effects of new English learners (ELs) on students in receiving schools in Delaware. We find significant positive spillover effects of new ELs on the test scores of the other students in the receiving schools.
Video

Aug 4, 2022

Duration 55:40

Educating Newcomers: A Research-Practice Conversation About K–12 Public Schooling for Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children in the United States

In this webinar, RAND Corporation researchers and administrators from Louisiana and California school districts discuss K-12 public schooling for undocumented and asylum-seeking children in the United States.
Press

Sep 30, 2021

Surges in Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children Prompt Need for Better K–12 Policies

491,000 children from Mexico and the Northern Triangle (Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador) arrived in the United States between fiscal years 2017 and 2019 and remained with unresolved immigration statuses. Of these, 321,000 were enrolled in U.S. K–12 public schools as of March 2020. About 75% settled in California, Texas, Florida, New York, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Georgia, North Carolina, and Louisiana.
Research Summary

Sep 30, 2021

Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children from Central America and Mexico: Where They Are and How Schools Are Doing

RAND researchers assessed how the current increase in undocumented and asylum-seeking children across the U.S. southwest border may affect the K–12 school system and conducted case studies of how schools are managing education for these students.
Research

Sep 30, 2021

Educating Newcomers: K–12 Public Schooling for Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children in the United States

This report models numbers of undocumented and asylum-seeking children crossing the U.S. southwest border, reviews the federal and state policy landscapes for their education, and provides case studies of how schools are managing education for them.
Research

Jan 27, 2021

Do Teachers Perceive That Their Main Instructional Materials Meet English Learners' Needs? Key Findings from the 2020 American Instructional Resources Survey

In this Data Note, researchers draw on data from the spring 2020 American Instructional Resources Survey to examine teachers' perceptions of how their main materials meet the needs of English learners.
Research Summary

Nov 3, 2017

Dual-Language Immersion Programs Raise Student Achievement in English

A large study of elementary school dual-language immersion (DLI) programs found that the programs raised student achievement in English and fostered proficiency in a second language, with no drop in students' performance in mathematics or science.
Research

Apr 4, 2017

Implementation of K–12 State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts and Literacy: Findings from the American Teacher Panel

This report examines teachers' implementation of K--12 state standards for mathematics and English language arts and literacy. Results are intended to identify areas where teachers may benefit from guidance about how to address their state standards.
Research Summary

Oct 17, 2016

Implementing Two-Way Dual-Language Immersion Programs: Classroom Insights from an Urban District

Teachers in two-way dual-language immersion classrooms consistently implemented key instructional practices targeted by the school district. Teachers strongly adhered to guidelines on language use. Students were less consistent in their language use.
Research

Jul 28, 2016

Teaching Practices and Language Use in Two-Way Dual Language Immersion Programs in a Large Public School District

This article provides a descriptive view of what is happening in two-way dual language immersion classrooms in a large, urban U.S. school district.

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The State of Public Education in 2025 in Five Charts

Lost in Translation — Teachers Report Feeling Unprepared to Support Multilingual Learners: Findings from the 2024 American Instructional Resources Survey

Educational Spillover Effects of New English Learners in a New Destination State

Educating Newcomers: A Research-Practice Conversation About K–12 Public Schooling for Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children in the United States

Surges in Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children Prompt Need for Better K–12 Policies

Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children from Central America and Mexico: Where They Are and How Schools Are Doing

Educating Newcomers: K–12 Public Schooling for Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children in the United States

Do Teachers Perceive That Their Main Instructional Materials Meet English Learners' Needs? Key Findings from the 2020 American Instructional Resources Survey

Dual-Language Immersion Programs Raise Student Achievement in English

Implementation of K–12 State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts and Literacy: Findings from the American Teacher Panel

Implementing Two-Way Dual-Language Immersion Programs: Classroom Insights from an Urban District

Teaching Practices and Language Use in Two-Way Dual Language Immersion Programs in a Large Public School District

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The State of Public Education in 2025 in Five Charts

Lost in Translation — Teachers Report Feeling Unprepared to Support Multilingual Learners: Findings from the 2024 American Instructional Resources Survey

Educational Spillover Effects of New English Learners in a New Destination State

Educating Newcomers: A Research-Practice Conversation About K–12 Public Schooling for Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children in the United States

Surges in Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children Prompt Need for Better K–12 Policies

Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children from Central America and Mexico: Where They Are and How Schools Are Doing

Educating Newcomers: K–12 Public Schooling for Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children in the United States

Do Teachers Perceive That Their Main Instructional Materials Meet English Learners' Needs? Key Findings from the 2020 American Instructional Resources Survey

Dual-Language Immersion Programs Raise Student Achievement in English

Implementation of K–12 State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts and Literacy: Findings from the American Teacher Panel

Implementing Two-Way Dual-Language Immersion Programs: Classroom Insights from an Urban District

Teaching Practices and Language Use in Two-Way Dual Language Immersion Programs in a Large Public School District

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