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Panel approves bill to make some SOL assessments available in students’ native languages
Summary
House Bill 1679 would permit standards-of-learning assessments to be made available in the most commonly spoken native language (initially Spanish) for eligible English learners; the subcommittee reported the bill 6–2 after testimony and discussion on scope and flexibility.
The K-12 Education Subcommittee voted 6–2 to report House Bill 1679, which would require that standards-of-learning (SOL) assessments be made available in the most commonly spoken native language other than English to English learners for whom that language is native. The sponsor, Delegate Cohen, said the bill targets students with limited English proficiency so divisions can better measure content knowledge separate from English-language ability.
Scope and mechanics: The bill’s text calls for the most commonly spoken native language (the sponsor indicated that would initially be Spanish) and leaves details to the…
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