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From http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2014/02/should_fluency_in_a_second_lan.html

Fluency in a Second Language: Should it Be Part of College and Career Readiness?
By Lesli A. Maxwell
February 11, 2014

Among a slew of ideas tucked into a new proposal about what the next generation of federal school accountability should be (courtesy of 15 large-district superintendents), was this morsel:

"Ability and fluency in more than one language."

A group of school leaders from 15 large, countywide or suburban school systems have made it clear that they believe any revamped federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act should broaden the notion of what constitutes college- and career-ready expectations to include the acquisition of a second language.

That group—known as the Large Countywide and Suburban District Consortium—has outlined its vision for a "federal accountability framework" with principles that they believe a new version of the ESEA should incorporate.

Read this full article at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2014/02/should_fluency_in_a_second_lan.html