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achievement and other characteristics, these schools do not vary in iden-
tifiable, systematic ways from other schools in terms of an observable as-
sociation with ESL rates. This may actually be seen as showing that there
is room for schools to exert a positive effect on ESL. Some studies pointed
out that school processes indicate possible remedies in the sense that pos-
itive values of student-level attitudinal variables to school may help in re-
ducing the odds of ESL when combined with practices to help close learn-
ing gaps early.

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