English-only test leaves some Oregon children behind

[Francis Hult]

OregonLive.com

 

English-only test leaves some Oregon children behind

 

Forest Grove teacher Lourdes Medina watched two of her third-grade students break into tears of frustration as they tried to complete the state assessment test in reading last spring. 

 

They were excellent readers, but they couldn't comprehend the test, which for the first time in three years was offered only in English. 

 

The federal No Child Left Behind Act allows students to be tested in their native languages, but the U.S. Department of Education decided the commercial Spanish test that Oregon used -- Aprenda -- did not meet federal requirements. So the state cut it last winter. 

 

Full story:

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/englishonly_test_leaves_some_o.html

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