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

Language Supports for English-Learners Ready for Smarter Balanced Field Tests
By Lesli A. Maxwell
February 24, 2014

In the coming weeks, thousands of students across the country will be sitting down to test drive the new common-core aligned assessments in reading and English/language arts. And for many students who are English-language learners, the tests they encounter could be a whole lot different from what they are accustomed to seeing on their state assessments.

For example, English-learners who are native Spanish speakers and attend school in one of the 24 states that make up Smarter Balanced, may find that most of the test items in mathematics are available to them in both languages as "stacked translations." That means that the math question on the screen is presented first in Spanish and appears in English just below. Any of the navigation buttons and instructions on the screen appear in Spanish.

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