Fluency in English Unnecessary to Graduate in Oregon

[Francis Hult]

Via Lgpolicy...
 

Fluency in English Unnecessary to Graduate in Oregon
By Mary Ann Zehr

The Oregon board of education voted last week to permit some
English-language learners to get a high school diploma even if they
aren't fluent in English. The policy enables students to graduate if
they can read and write well in their native language and score 3 out
of 5 on the state's English-language-proficiency test, according to an
article in the Democrat Herald published in Albany, Ore. That's an
English-proficiency score needed for admission to a community college,
says Tony Alpert, the testing director for the state department of
education, in the article. (Update: The article is actually a rewrite
of a story originally published in the Oregonian by Betsy Hammond.)

Full story:
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2009/12/oregons_students_dont_have_to.html


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