POSITIVE NCLB DEVELOPMENT
Yesterday EdSec Paige announced that schools will no longer be held accountable if their English-learner students don’t pass the state tests. I never understood how this was included in the first place. Did anyone really think that giving a kid a test in English before he even learned to speak the language was fair, let alone a good idea.
At least this shows that Bush et al. are willing to listen and adjust the law as necessary.
2 Responses to “POSITIVE NCLB DEVELOPMENT”
 Comment by Laura February 20th, 2004 at 7:07 pm |
Now they need to look at the requirement that special ed kids with IQs of 60 have to pass the same tests everyone else does. |
 Trackback from ReformK12.com February 21st, 2004 at 5:48 am |
Exemption for English Language Learners: Not good Several edubloggers have mentioned the latest news from D.C. and the No Child Left Behind regulations. Seems the Feds have taken pity on school districts with large immigrant populations, and have exempted English Language Learners from standardized te… |