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Originally Posted by 1908Revelations
KSig RC, let me ask what you think about ESL/ELL (English Language Learners) taking standardized test?
The students go to their ESL/ELL classes, but when they take standardized test they are not allowed any help. That is a part of the inclusion of ALL atudents that NCLB brought. Many of the students who would be able to recieve more help in self-contained classrooms are not getting more focused help in the general ed classrooms. These students take the standardized test and often fail them miserably.
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I am glad you brought this up 1908. I am a 3rd year teacher and from what I have seen, many new teachers are given lower level students along with ESL students. About 30% of my students are ESL and this is their first year taking any type of standardized test. They do not perform on grade level and I don't expect them to considering they have not yet mastered the language.