State Consortia

The following state consortia have applied for grant money from the federal government to help devise new tests of English-language proficiency:

English Proficiency for All Students Consortium: Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania (lead state), Tennessee, AccountabilityWorks, and the Educational Testing Service.

Limited-English-Proficient SCASS: Alabama, California, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada (lead state), New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Virgina, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and the American Institutes for Research.

See Also

Reading & Literacy Project What Is LETRS? Why One Training Is Dominating 'Science of Reading' Efforts The intensive, expensive teacher training has boomed—but what does it include? And does it work?

Mountain West Assessment Collaborative: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah (lead state), Wyoming, and Measured Progress.