Growing number of English learners in county threatens pass-rate progress
by Chris Moran
Local schools are enrolling a growing number of students who don't speak English students who typically fare poorly on standardized tests at a time when the federal No Child Left Behind Act calls for unprecedented test score gains. The increase would be enough to fill three large high schools or every classroom in the Ramona Unified School District, making the federal goal of a 100-percent pass rate in math and reading in five years almost impossible, educators say.
San Diego Union Tribune, 10/14/2008