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		<title>Some students struggle with English only No Child Left Behind test</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oregon Department of Education is working on creating a test for students who speak English as their second, not first language.  It appears that the current test required for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) as required by the Federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program is biased towards native English speakers.]]></description>
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		<title>No Child Left Behind Tutoring</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No Child Left Behind is a program with excellent intent but poor funding. Most school districts are faced with the decision of whether or not to use NCLB money to pay for private tutoring and what their requirements for tutoring companies providing these services should be.]]></description>
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