Feds Make ELLs a Priority for Tests Based on Common-Core Standards

The federal government intends to provide grants for the development of English-language-proficiency assessments that are aligned with the national common-core standards. A notice of the U.S. Department of Education's new priority to support the creation of new English-proficiency tests for English-language learners appeared this morning in theFederal Register. The deadline for comments on the notice is Feb. 7.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2011/01/feds_make_ell_tests_based_on_c.html