Exclusion Rates for ELLs From NAEP Are All Over the Map
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Exclusion Rates for ELLs From NAEP Are All Over the Map

By Mary Ann Zehr — March 25, 2010 1 min read
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To say that the rates for excluding English-language learners and students with disabilities from the National Assessment of Educational Process “vary a bit from state to state would be, um, an understatement,” writes my colleague Catherine Gewertz over at Curriculum Matters.

It will be interesting to see what the exclusion rates look like under the new policy to address the issue just approved by the board that governs the test.

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 was the author of the blog Learning the Language.

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