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| Title | States to Get Guides on ELL Test Methods |
| Body | From http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/03/14/27biling.h26.html? States to Get Guides on ELL Test Methods Published: March 14, 2007 By this summer, as part of its LEP Partnership initiative, the U.S. Department of Education expects to publish several guides for states on how best to include English-language learners in testing. The program was announced in July by Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings as an effort to help states improve the testing of students with limited English proficiency, which has been a contentious issue in the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act. The partnership invited state education officials to meetings in Washington in August and October. Kathyrn M. Doherty, a special assistant to Deputy Secretary of Education Raymond J. Simon, said last week that she has been lining up researchers and other experts to write several guides that can be used by states. The guides will cost about $25,000 to produce. Read the entire article at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/03/14/27biling.h26.html? . |
| Source | Education Week |
| Inputdate | 2007-04-23 12:29:54 |
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| Publishdate | 2007-04-23 00:00:00 |
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