Though the scores of English-language learners continue to rise on California’s English-proficiency test, the rate at which school districts deem students as fluent in English has barely budged in ...

English-language learners have improved their overall scores on California’s statewide standardized test for the third year in a row. But the scores improved significantly only for elementary and ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Students across California who speak another language at home are starting to take ...

COSTA MESA — More than 170 students at Newport-Mesa public schools whose mother tongue isn’t English have made the grade in learning the language. They performed well on two tests, which allows them ...

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The language proficiency levels of local English Language Learners (ELL) are steadily increasing for the most part, according to results of the California English Language Development Test released ...

Countywide, English learners stayed about even this year in English proficiency with their performance last year, according to this year's English language assement test. On Friday, the California ...

A newly refined statewide exam designed to test how well immigrant students are learning English reveals that fewer students are gaining fluency than thought, education leaders announced Thursday.

Aida Vega’s 13-year-old daughter, who has attended Los Angeles schools since kindergarten and is in eighth grade, still struggles to read and write English. Vega has long pushed for extra help so her ...