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Ole! Louisiana Will Offer Common Core ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS Test In SPANISH
Daily Caller ^ | 09/19/2014 | Eric Owens

Posted on 09/19/2014 10:37:33 AM PDT by Rusty0604

In March, when public schools across Louisiana will administer the state’s Common Core-aligned standardized tests, students will be able to take the tests in either English or Spanish.

The computer-based tests, developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), have two portions: Math and, of course, English language arts and literacy.

The computer-based tests, developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), have two portions: Math and, of course, English language arts and literacy.

The new policy is a response to a recent flood of illegal immigrant students into Louisiana. Most of these new students have come from Central America.

...The federal government have placed more than 1,200 children in homes throughout Louisiana.

The Common Core Standards Initiative and the intensive standardized tests that accompany it are a hot-button issue in Louisiana. Gov. Bobby Jindal has been engaged in an increasingly complex battle against Common Core. Late last month, he sued the federal government — again — over the education standards claiming that the government, by using federal education grants to encourage the standards’ adoption, has illegally infringed upon states’ sovereignty in the area of education.

Over the summer, Jindal sued to block White and Louisiana’s education establishment to prevent the purchase of PARCC tests — in any language. He lost, but is appealing.

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1 posted on 09/19/2014 10:37:33 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604

Would French not make more sense?


2 posted on 09/19/2014 10:51:33 AM PDT by defconw (Both parties have clearly lost their minds!)
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To: Rusty0604

Yo hablo espanol. Io parlo italiano. Pero escuela para mi = ingles!


3 posted on 09/19/2014 10:52:28 AM PDT by buffyt (Glowbull warming, the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on humanity, UNTIL WE GOT OBAMA!)
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To: All

wha... I don’t even...


4 posted on 09/19/2014 11:02:20 AM PDT by VAFreedom (maybe i should take a nap before work)
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To: Rusty0604

Can I take a Computer Science Java test in Fortran?


5 posted on 09/19/2014 11:23:24 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Rusty0604; Liz; AuntB; La Lydia; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; ...

brains sucked out...


6 posted on 09/19/2014 11:25:42 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Pollster1

> Can I take a Computer Science Java test in Fortran?

Fortran. My favorite programming language.


7 posted on 09/19/2014 11:40:35 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Bomb ISIS; bomb them again; bomb them again; kill all survivors; take no prisoners.)
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To: VAFreedom

Pregunta: Como se dice estupido in engles?

Respuesta: Obama


8 posted on 09/19/2014 11:45:38 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604

“Donde esta el handout?”


9 posted on 09/19/2014 12:12:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Rusty0604

pure insanity

can we take Spanish 101 in English?


10 posted on 09/19/2014 12:14:22 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: defconw

When I was a kid growing up in LA, French was required.


11 posted on 09/19/2014 1:04:06 PM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: sportutegrl

Well I know and that would make more sense than Spanish.


12 posted on 09/19/2014 1:49:52 PM PDT by defconw (Both parties have clearly lost their minds!)
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