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Pasadena ISD multilingual director reports major reclassification gains, highlights bilingual program progress
Summary
Multilingual Director Rolando Merchand told the board Oct. 22 that the district has seen a sharp increase in student reclassifications and that about half of students participate in a bilingual program; the district is developing new MAP‑based metrics in partnership with the University of Colorado.
Rolando Merchand, Pasadena ISD’s multilingual director, told the school board on Oct. 22 that the district has seen notable gains in English‑learner reclassification and steady performance from bilingual‑program participants.
Merchand said the district serves a large and growing population of emerging bilingual students and reported that reclassification activity rose dramatically last year: “we went from 79 kids to 1,000 kids in reclassification,” he said. He…
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