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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]students don't do as well on the Dc-Cas and DCUM slams them for that[/quote]

I am not a big fan of testing in general, the DC_CAS moreso and don't think any school should be 'slammed for it'.  The NCLB purpose of testing today is entirely unrealistic.  That being said, assessment for other reasons than docking schools/teachers is less problematic to me.    SO, a problem for me with testing at two-way immersion schools is that the children are given standardized content testing in English (DC CAS) but rarely does the school implement standardized testing in the other language to track either content mastery or just linguistic achievement.  Oyster did a school wide test for a while (Aprenda) and then just totally abandoned it, in addition to all attempts to keep records on testing in Spanish. 
When a two-way school only conducts school-wide tests in one language, this sends a clear message that even though the school is teaching in two languages, achievement in one is what is ultimately valued.  Also, it suggests (possibly) that the school does not want its achievement in the second language tracked.[/quote]

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