language tests

• Language Tests Spur Scrutiny ; Panel Evaluates K-5 Curriculum.

A Columbia Public Schools committee has started evaluating one of the district's worst-performing subject areas on statewide exams. A committee of teachers, parents and school administrators met on Sept. 14 to begin a nine-month evaluation of the district's K-5 language arts curriculum.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• July 27, 2010

• Federal Sign Language Tests Local Budgets in Wisconsin

Public works directors are wondering how they will pay for the new traffic signs and lights required by new federal rules. To be frank, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of communities struggle with it," said Brian Amundson, Eau Claire director of public works.

• Daily Reporter (Milwaukee)
• April 05, 2010

• 34 CFR 668.153 - Administration of tests for students whose native language is not English or for persons with disabilities.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 34: Education

• Local Educators Worry About the Low Priority Given to History

Some local education officials worry students are missing out on key educational experiences and resources in history as a result of the heavy focus on reading and math. For a decade now, under the federal No Child Left Behind law, standardized tests in English-language arts, mathematics, history and science have been administered to students - with the first two subjects taking precedence.

• Redlands Daily Facts
• June 27, 2011

• Harcourt Assessment Launches Versant(TM) as Global Brand for Its Line of Spoken Language Tests Powered by Ordinate(R) Technology.

SAN ANTONIO -- Leading test developer and publisher Harcourt Assessment, Inc. has launched Versant(TM) as the new global brand name for its line of sp...

• Business Wire
• September 29, 2005

• History Losing Out

Some local education officials worry students are missing out on key educational experiences and resources in history as a result of the heavy focus on reading and math. For a decade now, under the federal No Child Left Behind law, standardized tests in English-language arts, mathematics, history and science have been administered to students - with the first two subjects taking precedence.

• The Sun (San Bernardino, CA)
• June 27, 2011

• Scores Show 'Progress, Gaps'

Preliminary state achievement test scores for the Paterson school district are a mixed bag, showing improvement in math skills, but declining proficiency in science and language arts. The tests, known as NJ ASK (Assessment of Student Knowledge), show levels of proficiency in math and language arts for Grades 3 to 8 and for science in fourth and eighth grades.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• August 26, 2011

• Legislation Would Change Testing for Home-Schoolers: ; Opponents Fear Legislation Will Take Away Parents' Rights to Teach Children

A bill before the House of Delegates is raising hackles among West Virginia home school families. If passed, the bill would remove from state law language that allows home-schooled students to take "nationally normed standardized achievement tests.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• February 24, 2011

• Ordinate Corp. and Berlitz Join Forces to Serve Corporate Customers; Berlitz to Offer Ordinate's Spoken Language Proficiency Tests.

MENLO PARK, Calif. & PRINCETON, N.J. -- Ordinate Corp., the leading provider of automated spoken language proficiency tests, and Berlitz Languages, In...

• Business Wire
• September 20, 2005

• Test Scores Plummet Across State ; School Officials Blame Poor Showing On Commissioner's Decision to 'Raise the Bar'

The results of this year's math and English language arts tests for third- through eighth-graders are -- predictably -- dismal for schools across New York. State Education Commissioner David M. Steiner this year raised the bar on the tests, and it showed.

• Buffalo News
• July 29, 2010