District leaders urge caution on using third'grade ELA metric for dual'language students
Superintendent Dr. West said district third'grade English ELA proficiency was 25% last year but cautioned that many multilingual students require several years to develop academic English, and the district'level picture improves across cohorts by high school.
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Forest Grove School District leaders told the board on Oct. 28 that state assessments and local benchmark data show mixed early'year results and that the district's sizable multilingual population complicates interpretation of single'grade proficiency metrics.
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