The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 requires states to annually assess the English language proficiency of their students who are classified as limited English proficiency (LEP), also referred ...

EdSource · A University of California in the heart of farm country aims to attract more students Four-year-olds are crying, putting their heads on their desks or simply refusing to answer the ...

Students across California who speak another language at home are starting to take tests this month to see how well they are learning English. For many students it will be the first time they’ve been ...

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Language learning startup Duolingo leverages AI and machine learning to create and score English proficiency tests automatically, reveals a paper published in the journal Transactions of the ...

A number of Arizona students will no longer be classified as English learners after state public schools chief Tom Horne over the summer eased the standards for passing a test used to measure English ...

Schoolchildren who are still learning English typically take a federally required test shortly after the winter break that measures their fluency in the language. This school year is far from typical, ...

A historically difficult hurdle for English language learners is returning next month with bigger stakes – pass Indiana’s third grade reading assessment or risk being held back. Today’s third graders ...