Not exact matches
Also under the bill, English language
learners would have three years — up
from one under current law — before they had to take the
standardized tests, he said.
While
standardized testing isn't going away, we can do more to make the learning journey more exciting and in fact more effective with a culture of high tech, project based learning where
learners are immersed in 21st century learning skills
from an early age.
Results
from the state
standardized tests known as Smarter Balanced Assessments taken last spring showed that while many subgroups
test scores improved
from the previous year, results for LA Unified's English language
learners were stagnant.
Now that two years of data
from California's new
standardized test are available, we are in a better position to evaluate early implementation of both the Common Core State Standards and the new Local Control Funding Formula, particularly its impact on economically disadvantaged students and English
Learners.
Standardized tests tend, to varying degrees, to be culturally and linguistically biased against English language
learners and students
from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Fortunately, in addition to tracking the performance of all students on mathematics and English Language Arts
standardized tests, the new accountability system and the LCAP also look at English
learners» progress toward English language proficiency — tracking progress
from one level to the next on California's English language proficiency
test.
The platform also calls for charter schools to retain proportionate numbers of students
from a range of subgroups, including ELLs, and opposes «high - stakes
standardized tests that falsely and unfairly label students of color, students with disabilities and English Language
Learners as failing.»