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Storm Lake District Revises English Fluency List
Des Moines Register (IA)
School officials in Storm Lake, Iowa say they overestimated the number of students last year who were not fluent in English. Officials said 100 students, nearly a tenth of "English language learners" in the 2008-09 school year, did not deserve the label. They included an honor student who was punished when she refused to take a fluency test, and whose case garnered national attention. The label is significant because it qualifies school districts for more federal money and puts students on the hook for government-required language tests.
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Colorín Colorado is a free web-based, bilingual service that provides information, activities, and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners (ELLs, also known as students of English as a second language).
Colorín Colorado is produced by Reading Rockets — an educational service of WETA, the flagship public broadcasting station in the nation's capital. Original artwork by Caldecott Award-winning illustrator David Diaz is used with permission.
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