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 ...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — As Rhode Island and Massachusetts schools prepare to administer the federally-mandated English learner proficiency test, educators are raising safety and test score validity ...

English learners’ average English-language proficiency scores have remained in decline since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new assessment data from the WIDA consortium. The WIDA ...