Posts Tagged ‘No Child Left Behind Act’
GWU Gets $10 Million Contract for Language Clearinghouse
Monday, October 27, 2008 7:43 No CommentsWashington 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 [...]
California: Growing number of English learners threatens pass-rate progress
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 2:37 No CommentsLocal 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 [...]