Schools serving students in the Spanish-dominant screening clusters appeared out of compliance with the Massachusetts requirement to screen with an approved (English-only) assessment at least twice per year¶
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Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2028: local conditions change quickly
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q2 i? In clusters 4 and 5, where students were screened in Spanish more frequently than in English, schools appeared out of compliance with the state regulation requiring screening with an approved assessment at least twice per year. → Soo Ping Chow 2025
Evidence¶
Soo Ping Chow 2025¶
Soo Ping Chow, A., Faulkner-Bond, M., Lemke, M., LeBeau, B., & Quesen, S. (2025). How English learners are screened for risk of reading difficulty: Use of English- and Spanish-language screeners in the 2023/24 school year. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED677598
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Descriptive finding from the cluster analysis of 2023/24 screening practices: clusters 4 and 5 (185 and 79 students) lacked English screening at all three time periods. The brief states "these students’ schools appear to be out of compliance" with the twice-yearly approved-assessment requirement.
"these students’ schools appear to be out of compliance with Massachusetts’s regulation that requires screening with an approved assessment (currently available only in English) at least twice per year."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- English-only screening is the norm for English learners in Massachusetts: 90 percent were assessed only in English across all three screening periods in 2023/24 — related
- Screening language practices are related to English language education program type: SEI students were mostly screened in English while DLBE students were more often screened in Spanish or alternately — related
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dlbe-spanish-screening-out-of-compliance-requirement |
title |
Schools serving students in the Spanish-dominant screening clusters appeared out of compliance with the Massachusetts requirement to screen with an approved (English-only) assessment at least twice per year |
description |
Schools serving students in the Spanish-dominant screening clusters appeared out of compliance with the Massachusetts requirement to screen with an approved (English-only) assessment at least twice per year |
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review |
evidence_strength |
weak |
newest_evidence |
2025 |
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2028 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-09 |
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unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
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1 — soo-ping-chow-2025 |
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