In the wake of a seismic shift in how the nation’s most-used English-proficiency test is scored, a growing number of states have lowered their criteria for students to exit English-learner support ...
One in seven people in the US speak Spanish at home, and twenty-five million people in the US have limited English proficiency. Using nationally representative data from the Medical Expenditure Panel ...
About 8% of people ages five and older in the U.S. have limited English proficiency, and this group is three times as likely as English proficient individuals to be uninsured, according to a new KFF ...
This is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Medicare and Medicaid Integration. The featured topic includes analysis, proposals, and commentary that will inform policies on the ...
In just one academic year, Marietta City Schools in Georgia saw the percentage of elementary English learners (ELs) working in or above grade level rocket from 11 percent to 67 percent. Among the ...
Ingrid Piller receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Humboldt Foundation. The Australian government is considering yet another English language test for migrants. The rationale ...
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne's administration plans to lower the criteria to pass a test used to measure the English proficiency of students learning English as a second language.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — As of today, federal rules require a certain proficiency in English for trucks drivers operating on our roads. 2 On Your Side spoke to a Western New York trucking executive who has ...
Many countries across Latin America are steadily improving their English proficiency, with some countries, such as Bolivia, in particular, taking the language lessons even to remote rural areas. The ...
ZURICH, Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EF (Education First), a global provider of culturally immersive education, released the 2025 edition of its EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI), the world's ...
Why does Case Western Reserve University have a J‐1 English proficiency requirement? English proficiency for J-1 scholars is a requirement of the Department of State. There is a need for J-1 scholars ...