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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]06:37

Just for kicks and giggles--if the standardized test were given in the students native language, would they perform better on the test?[/quote]

I am in social service work and learned that many of my clients are unable to read and write even in their native language.  Schools were sending home forms, newsletters and school info. in the parents' native language (Spanish, for example) in an effort to help the ESL students and discovered that instead, real time translation would be needed, further draining dwindling resources.

My clients do not have time to help with homework, get involved with the school, talk with teachers and they are not reading to their students.  They are earnestly trying to survive; two jobs, no car, living in crowded conditions, relying upon food programs to feed families.

So, to answer PP question:  no, I do not think we'd see a dramatic improvement if the test were given in the native language.  They don't learn to read and write in a native language.[/quote]

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