Schools are required to test the progress of their English learners each year to determine whether they still need language instruction services or can exit out of such programs. In close to 40 states ...

NEW ORLEANS — It’s testing time again for public school students in Louisiana. For many who did not learn English as a primary language, it’s also an anxiety-inducing reminder that a single test could ...

The WIDA ACCESS language proficiency test is used across close to 40 states as part of the federal requirement to determine whether English learners continue to need language-development services. The ...

English learners in the Valley had a big year. Here’s what to expect for 2026 It’s been a long year for English learners in ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. High school senior Martha Hernandez was born in Baja California, Mexico, and came to the U.S. when she was 10 years old, in fifth grade. She ...

Thinking back to her days as a bilingual teacher to fourth graders, Crystal Gonzales recalls that some of the suggestions offered by curriculum materials to adapt lessons for English learners were ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jefferson County Public Schools have seen a significant increase in the number of non-native English speakers over the last five years. As the district tries to educate these ...

Shawna Shapiro, an associate professor of writing and linguistics at Middlebury College, outlined tactics to help English Learners transition to college in a recent report published by the think tank ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. About 1 in 3 students in California’s K-12 schools speak a language other than English at home and were not fluent in English when they ...