U.S. Citizenship Test May Become a Graduation Requirement in North Dakota
State lawmakers are mulling a new high school graduation requirement: passing a 100-question exam that gauges knowledge of American government, history and civics.
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December 02, 2014
October 23, 2014
Testing Consortium Awards Contract for English-Learner Assessment
The WIDA consortium has chosen a Minnesota company to score its new, common-core aligned English-language proficiency assessment that will debut in 2015-16.
October 20, 2014
Florida's First Formal Move Against the U.S. Dept. of Ed on ELL Testing
Scott sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, requesting a hearing on the issue before the Office of the Administrative Law Judges.
November 11, 2013
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.
September 07, 2012
ELL and Spec. Ed. Advisors Named for Common Assessment Group
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has convened two expert panels to advise on how best to ensure that English-language learners and students with disabilities can fully and fairly demonstrate their knowledge on the new tests pegged to the common core standards.
May 10, 2012
Grim NAEP Science Results for English Learners
English learners gained no ground in science achievement in the 2011 Nation's Report Card.
November 14, 2011
Study on ELLs In California Is Flawed, Says Advocacy Group
Californians Together offers a critique of the UC Berkeley study that found the state might be identifying too many young children for English-language instruction.
November 02, 2011
Nation's Report Card: How ELLs Fared in 2011
Performance changes little for ELLs overall, but rates of exclusion were down from 2009.
September 29, 2011
Common Core ELL Assessment to Be Built by Wis. Consortium
Wisconsin received a $10.5 million grant from the Department of Education to develop an online assessment for English-language learners. Wisconsin is working with WIDA and a 28-state consortium.
September 09, 2011
One Opinion: New Assessments Should Keep ELLs in Mind
A commentary writer says English-language learners' needs should be considered from the get-go when drafting the new, common core assessments.
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