ELT World North America

Oklahoma: The number of students who are classified as English language learners is increasing, and while officials say they don’t know what’s causing the growth, testing shows the students are having success with the district’s support programs. Duncan Public Schools reports that the number of English language learners (ELL) has increased 46 percent since 2005. [...]

Georgia: Recently released test scores show both Hall County and Gainesville schools’ English language learners exceeded state targets for English proficiency progress in the 2007-2008 school year. Hall County and Gainesville schools passed all three annual measurable achievement objectives under No Child Left Behind pertaining to the performance of limited English proficient students last school [...]

Washington DC: A $10 million, five-year contract has been awarded to George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition, GW has announced.
The clearinghouse helps states comply with Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Act (as amended by the No Child [...]

Local schools are enrolling a growing number of students who don’t speak English – students who typically fare poorly on standardized tests – at a time when the federal No Child Left Behind Act calls for unprecedented test score gains. Nearly 123,000 students in San Diego County public schools are classified as English learners, up [...]