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States are working to make sure that's not the case, said several state chiefs who spoke on a recent panel moderated by the executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers.

Spurred by changes in federal law, states are ramping up and revising English-proficiency testing, According to WIDA's director of research H. Gary Cook, quoted in this article, ESSA has basically set a different way of looking at the bar, and now people are trying to catch up to that."

This article reviews the debate between flexibility for states and local districts on the one hand and accountability and protections for vulnerable students on the otheramong other issues at playas Congress reconsiders the regulations for ESSA.

Outgoing executive director Alejandra Ceja discusses the legacy and future goals of this White House office founded under President George H.W. Bush in 1990.

This article reviews the meaning for California ELs of the new law.