Schoolchildren who are still learning English typically take a federally required test shortly after the winter break that measures their fluency in the language. This school year is far from typical, ...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne's administration plans to lower the criteria to pass a test used to measure the English proficiency of students learning English as a second language.

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 requires states to annually assess the English language proficiency of their students who are classified as limited English proficiency (LEP), also referred ...

WestEd researchers today released a guide they’d been working on for 18 months, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education, to help states create standards and tests for English-language ...

Thousands of California students remain classified as English learners even after they reach proficiency in English, according to research.

Who is eligible to take the proficiency exam? The Proficiency Exam is intended for students who have considerable experience with a language other than English and who would like to demonstrate that ...

Many students and workers intending to migrate to the UK, USA Canada, Australia and New Zealand have to do an English proficiency test. These tests come amorphously in different sizes and shapes but ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — As Rhode Island and Massachusetts schools prepare to administer the federally-mandated English learner proficiency test, educators are raising safety and test score validity ...

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Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. Long-term English learners who have been enrolled in U.S. schools for more than six years without becoming proficient in the language do ...