Now that we know how much states are likely to have to pony up per student for the new PARCC tests (and also Smarter Balanced tests), similar cost questions are being raised about the new ...

It’s been a field-testing frenzy all spring with five separate assessment groups asking school districts and students to test drive the array of new exams they are designing to measure students’ ...

(The Center Square) - As concern for the role of immigrants in traffic fatalities increases following a series of highly publicized incidents, Republicans in the House have taken action with a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves. Enforcement of English-language proficiency rules has ramped up nationwide, with Western states ...

Schoolchildren who are still learning English typically take a federally required test shortly after the winter break that measures their fluency in the language. This school year is far from typical, ...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne's administration plans to lower the criteria to pass a test used to measure the English proficiency of students learning English as a second language.

The Iowa House has passed a bill (SF 2426) that would require commercial drivers to pass an English language proficiency test.

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Linguists from Joint Base Lewis-McCHord, Wash., the Army National Guard and Reserve units put their foreign language skills to the test during a course that would ...