"COLUMBUS JCT., Iowa — Low math test scores by its eighth–grade English Limited Language, or ELL, subgroup has placed the Columbus Middle School on the federal Schools In Need of Assistance list, school board members learned.
Officials said the school hopes to prevent sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind legislation by providing extra help for math students during the day, strengthening the English as a Second Language, or ESL, program at the middle school, implementing the “Power of I” program, supporting an advisor/advisee program for all middle school students and especially those in the ELL program, implementing the Connected Math Series for 6th-8th grades, increasing student expectations, lesson rigor and relevance, boosting administrative oversight with walk-throughs and maintaining high visibility."
Note that there is no mention of extra funding for all of this extra focus on the English learner students, it will have to be drawn from other programs.
2006-09-20
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