Posted on 09/19/2014 10:37:33 AM PDT by Rusty0604
In March, when public schools across Louisiana will administer the states 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 Louisianas education establishment to prevent the purchase of PARCC tests in any language. He lost, but is appealing.
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Would French not make more sense?
Yo hablo espanol. Io parlo italiano. Pero escuela para mi = ingles!
wha... I don’t even...
Can I take a Computer Science Java test in Fortran?
brains sucked out...
> Can I take a Computer Science Java test in Fortran?
Fortran. My favorite programming language.
Pregunta: Como se dice estupido in engles?
Respuesta: Obama
“Donde esta el handout?”
pure insanity
can we take Spanish 101 in English?
When I was a kid growing up in LA, French was required.
Well I know and that would make more sense than Spanish.
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