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9/14/2006 12:00 AMAssociated Press, Pioneer Press WASHINGTON - The Education Department is saying it's O-K to leave out the test scores of new students with limited English when states evaluate schools. The goal is to give schools extra time to work with those students before being held accountable for their progress under the No Child Left Behind law. The policy applies to students who have been in a U.S. school for less than a year. Math and reading scores for those students no longer have to be counted. Though final now, the flexibility is not new. Forty states have been granted permission to exempt scores since the policy change was introduced in draft form. The final version adds language to make sure students learning English aren't ignored. More than five (m) million public school students are learning English as a second language. On The Net: Education Department: http://www.ed.gov | ||||||||||||||||||||
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