In the wake of a seismic shift in how the nation’s most-used English-proficiency test is scored, a growing number of states have lowered their criteria for students to exit English-learner support ...

Four-year-olds are crying, putting their heads on their desks or simply refusing to answer the questions during an English proficiency test they’re required to take in transitional kindergarten. The ...

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 requires states to annually assess the English language proficiency of their students who are classified as limited English proficiency (LEP), also referred ...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne's administration plans to lower the criteria to pass a test used to measure the English proficiency of students learning English as a second language.

Indian students preparing for overseas education have traditionally treated English proficiency tests as gateways to ...

A number of Arizona students will no longer be classified as English learners after state public schools chief Tom Horne over the summer eased the standards for passing a test used to measure English ...

WestEd researchers today released a guide they’d been working on for 18 months, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education, to help states create standards and tests for English-language ...

English test participation at elementary schools has surged over the past decade, test administrator Language Training and ...