Education Groups Say ELLs Shouldn’t Be Tested Until They Know English
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Education Groups Say ELLs Shouldn’t Be Tested Until They Know English

By Mary Ann Zehr — May 21, 2007 1 min read
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Six large education organizations--including the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers and the National School Boards Association--contend that any measure reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act should ensure that educators won’t have to test English-language learners until after they show “comprehension of English.” They don’t spell out how many months of instruction would enable the average English-language learner to be able to understand English or how educators would determine if students can do that.

View the groups’ May 18 statement on reauthorization of NCLB here.

Mary Ann Zehr
Mary Ann Zehr was an assistant editor for Education Week. Her beats included English-language learners, bilingual education, immigrants, dropouts, achievement-gap issues, and charter and private schools. She is the author of the blog Learning the Language.

A version of this news article first appeared in the Learning the Language blog.