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| Title | News Article: Austin Schools Overlook 2000 English Language Learners |
| Body | From http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/05/16/16bilingualed.html Austin schools overlook 2,000 English language learners: New database created to improve system caught discrepancy. By Katie Humphrey AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Wednesday, May 16, 2007 A database created to help Austin school officials monitor students who have limited English skills has revealed that as many as 2,000 were never evaluated to see whether they needed bilingual education or English as a second language services. About 20,000 students in the Austin district participate in bilingual education or ESL. State law requires the district to evaluate within 20 days the needs of students who indicate that a language other than English is spoken at home. Such students may qualify to take state achievement tests — which they must pass for promotion in some grades — in Spanish. The district launched the online Language Proficiency Assessment System in January to streamline the tracking of students who have limited English skills, which had previously been a paper-based process. About six weeks ago, district officials realized that some students who had said that a language other than English was spoken at home were never tested. Officials are still determining the scope of the problem. Read the entire article at http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/05/16/16bilingualed.html . |
| Source | Austin American-Statesman |
| Inputdate | 2007-05-27 06:54:19 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2007-05-27 06:54:19 |
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| Publishdate | 2007-05-28 00:00:00 |
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