Biliteracy
Oppose Elimination of Spanish Language Arts Achievement Assessments
On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, AB 484 (Bonilla) will be heard and voted on in the Assembly Education Committee. This bill would reauthorize many state assessments while eliminating others by suspending these tests. A test to be eliminated by suspension includes the Standards Test in Spanish (STS) for next year. AB 484 calls for an extend process, if funding is available for this purpose, to decide whether it is needed or necessary to develop a new Spanish Academic Achievement test. The uncertainty of whether there will be a Spanish academic test and/or when it would be implemented is a major catastrophe for English Learners.
Californians Together has a position of oppose unless amended on AB 484 in order to address the two issues of primary language assessment for English learners. We need everyone to download the letter below and email a copy to Assembly Member Joan Buchanan, Chair of the Assembly Education Committee at [email protected]
Californians Together Earns National Award for Exceptional Immigrant Integration Initiatives
WASHINGTON– The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) on Thursday announced that Californians Together is one of four recipients of its 2012 E Pluribus Unum Prize for exceptional immigrant integration initiatives. The national award honors Californians Together for its work promoting biliteracy and reforms that improve student language learning and address the needs of English language learners. (more)
New York State Seal of Biliteracy – Cuomo Signs Legislation
Torlakson Announces More Than 10,000 Students Earn New State Seal of Biliteracy
State Seal of Biliteracy and Local District Biliteracy Pathway Awards Implementation Workshop – February 28, 2012
To assist districts and agencies inimplementing the State Seal ofBiliteracy Recognition, we havescheduled a workshop in Southern California on February 28, 2012. We encourage district teams withan English Learner coordinator, curriculum specialist, board members, siteadministrators and teacher leaders to register. Teams will leave the workshopwith a draft implementation plan and many resources. An overview of the awards, criteria forgranting, and district step by step process for adopting the Seal of Biliteracyand/or local Biliteracy Pathway Awards will be presented. Register early online http://tinyurl.com/7s4gkct or download the registration form!