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OELA Special
Bulletin - September
13, 2006 - Secretary
Spellings Announces
Final Limited
English Proficiency
Regulations
U.S. Education
Secretary Margaret
Spellings announced
today final
regulations for
Limited English
Proficiency (LEP)
students. The new
Title I Regulation
is intended to help
recently arrived LEP
students learn
English and other
subjects while
giving states and
local school
districts greater
flexibility on
assessment while
continuing to hold
them accountable
under No Child Left
Behind. The
Department of
Education also is
preparing a series
of reports, by
leading education
researcher David
Francis, focused on
supporting the
academic achievement
of English Language
Learners (ELLs).
The three reports
will provide
guidance to
practitioners for
successful teaching
methods and
appropriate
accommodations for
assessment inclusion
for ELL students.
"Our schools must be
prepared to measure
what English
language learners
know and to teach
them effectively,
with proven
instructional
methods," said
Secretary Spellings.
"No Child Left
Behind has put the
needs of English
Language Learners
front and center and
we must continue
that momentum of
success. These
regulations will
ensure states and
schools are held
accountable for
helping children
learn English but
will also provide
them with
flexibility in
meeting the goal of
every child reading
and doing math at
grade level by
2014."
Read the complete
press release at:
http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/09/09132006a.html
Read the LEP Fact
Sheet at:
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/lepfactsheet.html
Read the Federal
Register
announcement at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/2006-3/091306a.html
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