ELLs and Nation's Report Card: No Change in Reading and Math Performance
English-language learner performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress has stayed fairly stagnant in recent years.
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November 11, 2013
September 24, 2013
PARCC's Common Math Tests to Be Translated Into Spanish
Eight states in the 19-state consortium said they will need the PARCC math assessment to be translated into Spanish.
September 10, 2013
Smarter Balanced Approves Testing Supports for English-Learners
The tools include native language translations of test directions and test items in mathematics for students who are not yet proficient in English.
September 05, 2013
Common Assessment Group Launches Spanish Webpage
Smarter Balanced has rolled out a Spanish-language webpage to provide information about the common assessments to parents, students, and teachers.
August 27, 2013
New Guide To Help States Commonly Define English-Learners
The Council of Chief State School Officers has released a detailed road map for states that must reach more consensus around who an English-learner is and when such students no longer need language instruction services.
August 12, 2013
Smarter Balanced Moves Ahead on Testing Tools for English-Learners
The Smarter Balanced group of 25 states will decide soon the range of testing accommodations to offer English-learners and students with disabilities.
August 07, 2013
A Look at ELL Performance So Far on Common-Core-Aligned Tests
Results on common-core-aligned tests from New York and the District of Columbia show that English-learners and their teachers have their work cut out for them to meet the more-demanding academic goals.
August 05, 2013
ELL Advocates Call for PARCC Tests in Spanish
Native-language assessments are a thorny issue that both PARCC and Smarter Balanced must resolve among member states with wide-ranging testing policies.
July 25, 2013
PARCC Releases Final Version of Accommodations Policy for ELLs
The substantive policies around testing supports for English-learners were approved in June by PARCC's governing board.
July 24, 2013
What Will New English-Language-Proficiency Tests Cost?
Neither group of states working to develop new English-language proficiency tests knows yet how the assessments will cost.
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