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Direct linkMaxwell, Lesli A. – Education Week, 2012
As the number of English learners continues to grow faster than that of any other group in the nation's public schools, concerns are mounting that the distinctive needs of those students and the educators who work with them are receiving diminishing attention from the U.S. Department of Education. Even as the federal government spends roughly $750…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, School Demography
Zehr, Mary Ann – Education Week, 2004
At a time when many states are poised to roll out new standardized tests to evaluate English-language proficiency in unprecedented depth, California is balking at carrying out a federal requirement to test the literacy of young children who are learning English. Recently, the California board of education decided to ask the U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Standardized Tests
