A team tested and validated elaborated language sampling (ELS) as a reliable set of procedures for collecting, measuring and analyzing the spoken language of youth with Down syndrome in a naturalistic ...

“Program Testing English Fluency Faulted” (Dec. 9), on the new California English Language Development Test, stressed only the difficulties in this new test for almost 1.5 million students. Here are ...

Statewide test results show Newport-Mesa students improving and scoring better than state average.English-learner students in Newport-Mesa Unified School District mastered the language more often than ...

Half of the students learning English as another language in Lake Tahoe Unified School District scored above the intermediate level, prompting a favorable reaction from district officials. But 50 ...

The latest data on how English-learners around the country fared in their language development during the pandemic are out. But there’s a major catch: About 30 percent fewer students took a widely ...

States across the country are scrambling to craft better tests for students with limited English skills in response to stringent new timelines imposed by the “No Child Left Behind” Act of 2001. As ...

Education professor Jamal Abedi's report summarizes the progress and reports on the current testing nationwide for the No Child Left Behind mandate. Standardized testing that seeks to measure students ...

A recent study published in the journal Infancy found that babies’ ability to match speech to faces predicted their future language abilities. The study followed 103 children from age three months to ...

Erika Garcia wanted to fulfill the opportunity given to her when her parents moved from Mexico to South Lake Tahoe. But it wasn’t easy. “You’re being pressured all the time to keep up with standards: ...

A test for students whose primary language-as reported by their parents-is not English. These students take the CELDT upon initial enrollment and annually thereafter until it is determined that they ...