Schools are required to test the progress of their English learners each year to determine whether they still need language instruction services or can exit out of such programs. In close to 40 states ...

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 ...

The latest data on how English-learners around the country fared in their language development during the pandemic are out. But there’s a major catch: About 30 percent fewer students took a widely ...

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 ...

EdSource · Sexual abuse claims threaten school district budgets, even when not accused Four-year-olds are crying, putting their heads on their desks or simply refusing to answer the questions during ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jefferson County Public Schools have seen a significant increase in the number of non-native English speakers over the last five years. As the district tries to educate these ...

A number of Arizona students will no longer be classified as English learners after state public schools chief Tom Horne over the summer eased the standards for passing a test used to measure English ...

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 ...

A newly released study from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research found that English-learning students who were more proficient in the language by the ninth grade scored higher and ...

The Virginia Department of Education is asking English language learners to take a federally mandated English proficiency test in person. But as COVID-19 cases hit record highs in Virginia, some ...