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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State> English Proficiency Test 'Almost Guarantees' English Learner Classification, Study Shows </P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Taking the California English Language Development Test "almost guarantees" a student will be classified as an English learner, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, Berekely's Center for Latino Policy Research, study reports. Just 12 percent of kindergarten students who took the CELDT in the 2009-2010 school year were considered English language proficient, misidentifying the many others as English learners, according to the study.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Full story:</P>
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