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Testing

Floridians expect the state to use common sense. That means waiving testing requirements as needed to ensure a safe environment for all students – including its more than a quarter-million English Learners. 

Breaking News

NAACP Call to Action

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Letters To SEAs On ACCESS Testing From National Organization

*Letters to additional states are available on request.

Letter From National Organizations On ACCESS For ELLs To K-12 Chancellor Jacob Oliva, FLDOE (pdf)Download
Letter From National Organizations To The Bureau of Indiana Education (pdf)Download
Letter From National Organizations To The Pennsylvania DOE (pdf)Download

Resources


Letter From USED To Chief State School Officers On Accountability Flexibilities: February 22, 2021


Adopted 

February 10, 2021: 

MDCPS Board Support For FL K-12 Chancellor's Recent Actions On The ACCESS Test


Florida PTA 

Engage Wednesdays! 

Multilingual & International Students Committee Presents A Virtual Conversation: 

Building Relationships With Families of ELL!


FLDOE Letter 

To Superintendents 

On ACCESS 

Testing 


Lawyers' 

Committee Letter 

To Chancellor Jacob Oliva


WIDA January 2021 Statement: 

ACCESS During 

The Pandemic


 WIDA Statement:

Extending Testing Into Summer 2021 


  TESOL Statement: WIDA ACCESS  


U-Turn: 

Surge of COVID Cases Reverses Reopening Progress In 

America's School Districts


It’s Official:

National Test Is 

Postponed Due to 

COVID-19 Concerns


Testing Students 

This Spring 

Would Be A 

Mistake


USED Fact Sheet: Providing Services to English Learners During

the COVID-19 Outbreak


Información Para Padres De Estudiantes De Inglés


Enfòmasyon Pou Paran Elèv Kap Aprann Anglè


Information For Parents Of English Learners





META Letter to Commissioner Corcoran on ACCESS for ELLs 

(English) 


META Letter to Commissioner Corcoran on ACCESS for ELLs 

(Spanish) 


ACCESS Letter From 

DPS 

Court Monitor


Letter to the 

U.S. Department of Education 


Letter to President-Elect Joe Biden Education Transition Team


Press Release


Petition:

Protect the Health & Safety of Approximately 300,000 English Language Learners in Florida


States Declare Participation of ELs Voluntary:


Colorado

Massachusetts

Pennsylvania

Virginia


Support From 

LULAC 

National





MATSOL & MABE Statement 

on ACCESS Testing

 


TESOL 

Statement 

on WIDA ACCESS


SALA Advisory Committee Letter on ACCESS for ELLs Testing


Orange County Public Schools To Respect Parents' Decisions About Student Participation in 

ACCESS Testing  


Executive Order 

2020-02 

(Suspension Of Rules)  

Media


 

Testing Relief 

Sought For 

ELL Students



 

Advocates Ask State’s Education Commissioner To Delay English Proficiency Exam



 

School Chancellor 

Jacob Oliva Makes English

Proficiency Exam Optional for Now



Public School Students Are Slated To Take English Proficiency Exam In Person. Advocates Are Asking For A Pandemic Reprieve



Millions of ELL Students Face Prospect of 

In-Person, 

Federal Testing 

During COVID-19


Immigrant Advocates Petition Dept. Of Education To Postpone 

English Proficiency Test 

(:42 Second Mark Of The Podcast)


Piden Al Estado Posponer Prueba de Estudiantes de Inglés Por Preocupaciones Relacionadas Con La COVID-19


Video:

Derechos De Padres Con Niños de ESOL En Tiempos de COVID-19


Video:

Derechos de Padres Con Niños de ESOL En Tiempos de COVID-19 (Part 2)


Petition Asks State To Postpone In-Person Testing For English Learners Over COVID-19 Concerns


Florida Advocates Continue To Ask The State To Delay The Annual English Proficiency Test 



Latino, Black Children Are Twice More Likely To Endure Multiple COVID Health, Economic Hardships


Latino Groups Ask Biden Team To Push Back English-Language Testing Amid COVID-19 Concerns


Piden Postergar Exámenes Presenciales de Aprendices de Inglés Por Pandemia


English Learners Could Be Forced To Take 

In-Person Tests Despite COVID-19


Advocates Ask Corcoran To Delay English Proficiency Exam



 Portland School Board Backs Proposal To Suspend Key English Learners Test 


Providence Virtual English Learners To Take Standardized Tests In Person This Week


 Advocates Want 

Families To Know: Children Don’t Have To Take In-Person English Proficiency Tests  


Advocates Call For Postponement Of Test For English Learners


 Advocacy Groups 

Call To Postpone 

In-Person Exam for ELL’s 


 Superintendents Say Required ELL Test Not Worth Time, 

Risk This Year


New York Education Officials Seek Federal Waiver To Cancel 

State Tests


SCDE Asks For Input 

On Waiving Federal Assessment Exams For 2020-2021 School Year

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