TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council A2 - Kenji Hakuta A2 - Alexandra Beatty TI - Testing English-Language Learners in U.S. Schools: Report and Workshop Summary SN - 978-0-309-07297-7 DO - 10.17226/9998 PY - 2000 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9998/testing-english-language-learners-in-us-schools-report-and-workshop PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Education AB - The Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity was created under the auspices of the National Research Council (NRC), and specifically under the oversight of the Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA). The committee's charge is to explore the challenges that face U.S. schools as they work to achieve the related goals of academic excellence and equity for all students. This report provides not only the summary of a workshop held by the forum on the testing of English-language learners (students learning English as an additional language) in U.S. schools, but also a report on the committee's conclusions derived from that workshop and from subsequent deliberations. ER -