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According to 2018 American Community Survey data, there are 25.6 million children, youth, and adults who speak English less than very well in the United States.Of those, 11.4 million are adults ages 18 and older.Data on the federally funded adult education system under the Workforce Innovation Act (WIOA) Title II show that programs have served fewer than one million of these adults in ESOL classes per year over the last 10 years."(Uvin et al., 2021)
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