Two State Consortia Vie for Grants to Create ELL Tests
New computer-based tests will be aligned with common core
California and Wisconsin each have formed a consortium with other states and applied for the full $10.7 million available in a grant competition to create English-language-proficiency tests for the states' common-core academic standards.
Their applications will force the
U.S. Department of Education
to decide if it will split up the money or choose one winner. The awards will be announced in late summer.
Each of the two consortia has recruited enough states to meet the 15-state minimum required by the Education Department to get bonus points in the application-review process. California's consortium includes 17 other states;...
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