Four-year-olds are crying, putting their heads on their desks or simply refusing to answer the questions during an English proficiency test they’re required to take in transitional kindergarten. The ...

In the wake of a seismic shift in how the nation’s most-used English-proficiency test is scored, a growing number of states have lowered their criteria for students to exit English-learner support ...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne's administration plans to lower the criteria to pass a test used to measure the English proficiency of students learning English as a second language.

A number of Arizona students will no longer be classified as English learners after state public schools chief Tom Horne over the summer eased the standards for passing a test used to measure English ...

Today’s learners navigate an academic journey that is increasingly digitalised, collaborative and influenced by AI. Are traditional language tests lagging behind the evolving needs of institutions and ...

Indian students preparing for overseas education have traditionally treated English proficiency tests as gateways to ...

English test participation at elementary schools has surged over the past decade, test administrator Language Training and ...

Eli Soler recently added an element to his classes for would-be commercial truck drivers: a mock roadside English-proficiency test. “How many hours have you driven? Where is this load going to?” Soler ...

Schoolchildren who are still learning English typically take a federally required test shortly after the winter break that measures their fluency in the language. This school year is far from typical, ...