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California's 'English learner' test for public schools is flawed
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Jul 16, 2014
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California's 'English learner' test for public schools is flawed
If you're enrolling your child in a public school for the first time this fall, be ready to fill out a stack of forms.
Arianna Anderson, 9, looks at a book at the Torrance Public Library. Her parents, Hilda and Brent, worry she is losing her love of reading, because the school is not providing services tailored to her needs.
Arianna Anderson, 9, looks at a book at the Torrance Public Library. Her parents, Hilda and Brent, worry she is losing her love of reading, because the school is not providing services tailored to her needs.
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If you're enrolling your child in a public school for the first time this fall, be ready to fill out a stack of forms.

If you're enrolling your child in a public school for the first time this fall, be ready to fill out a stack of forms.

Here in California one of those forms, a home language survey, is used to figure out who needs help learning English. But as Southern California Public Radio's Annie Gilbertson reports, parents complain this system is flawed and puts students in the wrong classes.