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Article: Testing, vocabulary, and ELLs

October 2007

Standardized tests can be daunting for any student, but for English language learners, these tests can pose a set of overwhelming language challenges.

Amy H. Greene and Glennon Doyle Melton, authors of Test Talk, describe how their school in Fairfax, Virginia, empowered students to view tests not as a stressful mystery, but as a challenge they were prepared to meet.

Read the full article that appeared in the September 2007 issue of Language Magazine.
(Reprinted with permission.)

Read more about Amy H. Greene.
Read more about Glennon Doyle Melton.



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