Assessments in K-12 schools have traditionally been designed with a monolingual English-speaking student in mind. But the English learner population, speaking a variety of home languages, continues to ...

Thinking back to her days as a bilingual teacher to fourth graders, Crystal Gonzales recalls that some of the suggestions offered by curriculum materials to adapt lessons for English learners were ...

Educators are worried about students losing ground while school buildings are closed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The so-called coronavirus- or “COVID slide” may be especially ...

ITASCA, Ill. – Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced the launch of the Battelle Developmental Inventory, Third Edition (BDI-3) in ...

Students who were once English learners but are now proficient in English do better on average on California’s standardized tests than students who only speak English. Some district leaders and ...

Abedi, J. (Ed.). 2007. English Language Proficiency Assessment in the Nation: Current Status and Future Practice. Davis: University of California. Abedi, J. 2008 ...

NEW ORLEANS — It’s testing time again for public school students in Louisiana. For many who did not learn English as a primary language, it’s also an anxiety-inducing reminder that a single test could ...

After a professional development session for my teacher education program, I met with my supervisor to express a concern about a required program activity for my students. I told my supervisor the ...

LAS CRUCES - Only 3 percent of English language learners in New Mexico's public schools passed the standardized proficiency exam in 2019. In 2017, less than 1 percent of students passed. The previous ...