Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i1KENiI09341; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:23:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:23:44 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <003201c3f7bc$94b7ed60$84d7c043@ReflectionPool> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Catherine B. King" <cb.king@verizon.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1108] Re: ESL testing: What's Going on in K-12 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1175 Lines: 30 Hello everyone: FYI, here is a moment of news marking change in the current debate about testing of ESL students in K-12. Because I work with k-12 teachers in California, I hear the stories of trying to integrate immigrant ESL students (and their families) into the US school setting and the influence on funding-related test scores of these intelligent but new-English-learners, who are also in various stages of culture-shock, along with the kids who are "challenged." I know the relationship between K-12 and adult education is varied; but I have thought for a long time that there is not enough communication between these two aspects of education in the U.S. From what I have seen, there is an untapped avenue of communication that runs between AE to K-12-to students-to-immigrant parents. Here is the article in today's NYTimes.com. Changes Made in Test Rules of School Law By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO Federal officials said that the test scores of recent immigrants who do not speak English would no longer be considered in determining whether a school was meeting annual targets. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/20/education/20CHIL.html?th Catherine King
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