United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-03-23 monographic deposited born digital 24 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-646T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-646T P0b002ee18037549c f:d07646t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-646T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-646T GAO-07-646T Academic achievement Education program evaluation Educational standards Educational testing Elementary education Elementary school students Federal/state relations Secondary education Secondary school students State-administered programs Performance measures Assessments Non English speaking Program goals or objectives Testimony A67195 The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLBA) focused attention on the academic achievement of more than 5 million students with limited English proficiency. Obtaining valid test results for these students is challenging, given their language barriers. This testimony describes (1) the extent to which these students are meeting annual academic progress goals, (2) what states have done to ensure the validity of their academic assessments, (3) what states are doing to ensure the validity of their English language proficiency assessments, and (4) how the U.S. Department of Education (Education) is supporting states' efforts to meet NCLBA's assessment requirements for these students. This testimony is based on a July 2006 report (GAO-06-815). To collect the information for this report, we convened a group of experts and studied five states (California, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, and Texas). We also conducted a state survey and reviewed state and Education documents. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-646T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-646T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-646T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-646T.pdf GAO-07-646T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-646T Testimony GAO-07-646T; No Child Left Behind Act: Education Assistance Could Help States Better Measure Progress of Students with Limited English Proficiency; Academic achievement Education program evaluation Educational standards Educational testing Elementary education Elementary school students Federal/state relations Secondary education Secondary school students State-administered programs Performance measures Assessments Non English speaking Program goals or objectives