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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ESOL teacher in another district in MD. There is no way I would test a student who doesn't appear on my To Be Tested. When any other language other than English is inputted by the secretary from the home language survey, that student's name appears on the list. If they didn't put any other language other than English, I would never see their name on the list. My own child has a Hispanic last name but his name would never appear on our district's To Be Tested list because I only marked English on the home language survey.[/quote]

Unfortunately, at least at some MCPS schools, there is no safeguard like that.  I have received ESOL students who transferred to my school and spoken with parents who didn't know why they were getting ESOL.  When we backtracked through paperwork, we found that even with English listed, the student was still tested, and some other issue (even just shyness) caused them to "qualify" based on the assessment.  It's been a very rare occurrence, but it has happened, which is why I brought it up to OP.  Like I said, it would never happen in my school, or most others so long as teachers are ethical, but it does happen.  People make assumptions and think they're just saving time.[/quote]

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