Like many of her high school classmates, Sharzina Halim, a senior at Curtis High School in Staten Island, will be taking her Regents exams in early June, and she is nervous about them. Her graduation ...

Schools are required to test the progress of their English learners each year to determine whether they still need language instruction services or can exit out of such programs. In close to 40 states ...

NEW ORLEANS — It’s testing time again for public school students in Louisiana. For many who did not learn English as a primary language, it’s also an anxiety-inducing reminder that a single test could ...

The English Department requires graduate students to demonstrate foreign language proficiency as part of the degree requirements for each program. This may be satisfied by successfully passing a ...

Though the scores of English-language learners continue to rise on California’s English-proficiency test, the rate at which school districts deem students as fluent in English has barely budged in ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. High school senior Martha Hernandez was born in Baja California, Mexico, and came to the U.S. when she was 10 years old, in fifth grade. She ...

The state law requires schools to get written parental permission to take audio recordings of students, including the state’s ...

When the student arrived in New Orleans from Vietnam, as a high school sophomore, she spoke very little English. Despite making the honor roll at George Washington Carver High School, she repeatedly ...