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| Title | Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking Standardized Testing in Spanish |
| Body | From http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20070522-1422-ca-schools-testinglawsuit.html Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking standardized testing in Spanish SAN FRANCISCO – A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by eight school districts that demanded that students be allowed to take standardized tests in Spanish, their native language. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court in June 2005, claimed that testing students only in English does not accurately measure the academic abilities of students still learning the language. Judge Richard Kramer ruled on Monday that it would be impractical to translate tests into all the different languages spoken in California. He said it was appropriate to test in English given the state's duty to make sure students speak the language and that voters approved English-only instruction in 1996. Read the entire article at http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20070522-1422-ca-schools-testinglawsuit.html . |
| Source | San Diego Union-Tribune |
| Inputdate | 2007-06-17 10:40:09 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2007-06-17 10:40:09 |
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| Publishdate | 2007-06-18 00:00:00 |
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