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Arizona facilitó la aprobación del examen de fluidez en inglés; expertos dicen que perjudicará el éxito estudiantil.
Al obtener una calificación alta en un examen estatal, se considera que el estudiante habla inglés fluido; expertos dicen que miles de estudiantes se van del programa de enseñanza del inglés de Arizona antes de tener suficiente fluidez para el éxito.
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Arizona Lowered the Bar for Its English Fluency Test. Experts Say It Will Harm Students in the Long Run.
When students score high enough on a state test, they’re considered fluent in English. But experts say thousands of students are leaving Arizona’s program for teaching English before they know the language well enough to succeed.
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Vouchers Promise Students With Disabilities a Path to Private School. Parents Say That’s Not the Reality.
To give voucher programs a toehold in state legislatures, politicians touted how students with disabilities would gain access to private education. But those students’ families often have the hardest time finding schools that will accept them.
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Several States Rejected This Private School Chain as a Charter. Now It’s Eligible for Texas’ Taxpayer-Funded Vouchers.
The Texas education board, which typically approves most charter applications it reviews, rejected Alpha School’s request last year. Then Alpha quadrupled its Texas private school campuses, most of which are eligible for the state's voucher program.
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