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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]do all schools in DC provide this testing?[/quote]

I should add that my son is at Oyster.  I thought that all dual immersion schools tested.  Is that not the case?  Can parents from other DI schools chime in on testing at their schools please?  [/quote]

Yu Ying tests.   Report cards just came out.[/quote]

So, only Oyster and Yu Ying test target language proficiency?  Any other schools?[/quote]

It seems crazy to me to even consider that all dual-language schools in DC don't test for language proficiency.  But then again, there is a lot that's surprising or shocking about DC, so maybe there are schools that don't test for it?  I just assume (and will continue to until there's proof otherwise) that all schools that call themselves dual language are testing for proficiency.  There are many schools in DC that offer language instruction but do NOT call themselves dual language or bilingual, and I doubt they test because they're not really setting up the expectation that somehow their students will be bilingual.  When I was a kid (which, granted, was a looooong time ago and not in DC), my school never expected us to be bilingual and the only students who took language tests for proficiency were trying to test out of Level 1 or Level 2 college courses in that language (so they took AP tests to place out and test for proficiency).

I'll be surprised if any DC dual language schools don't test for proficiency.  How else will they know they're succeeding in their language instruction and curriculum? [/quote]

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