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fd1Jeff t1_j9d5kq7 wrote

This is very distorted Many schools don’t offer a foreign language until eighth grade or later.

Edit: what I meant was you are automatically going to wind up with a very small number. Not many schools teach foreign languages under eighth grade. And when they said total number of students, did they start counting in kindergarten? You are automatically going to wind up with a very low number. What if 100% of students starting in 10th grade get intensive language training? Or maybe only their senior year? I really think what would be more realistic is how many students graduate speaking a languages that they learned in school.

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thoawaydatrash t1_j9d64jn wrote

That doesn’t mean it’s distorted. It’s just part of the reason the numbers are so low in some states.

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JPAnalyst t1_j9d86wv wrote

How is it distorted? That literally one of the factors at play here. The title doesn’t imply it’s the students choice or not.

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venomoussquid t1_j9emm2r wrote

It's distorting because it doesn't offer any useful comparison between States. Maybe some states have a a larger percent % of K-5 students. If most students don't start a second language until grade 9, why not just use 9-12

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