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From http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2014/06/florida_board_adopts_new_engli.html

Florida Board Adopts New English-Language-Proficiency Standards
By Lesli A. Maxwell
June 20, 2014

After a vote by the state board of education this week, Florida has adopted a new set of standards to guide the language instruction of its 250,000 English-language learners.

The board approved Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart's recommendation that the state adopt common-core aligned English-language-proficiency standards by WIDA, a group of 35 states that share the standards, as well as English-language-proficiency assessments.

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