School reading test debated

  In complying with the No Child Left Behind act, students in Virginia take the state Standards of Learning reading test. But for students with no or limited English skills, the state used an alternate English proficiency test to measure reading skills. Last year, the U.S. Department of Education said the alternate test was not linked to Virginia's learning standards, and its use was disallowed. Now, school districts there face a dilemma—do they give students with no or very limited English language skills a reading test in that language, knowing the students will fail because they cannot understand or read English? Or do they opt not to test the students? Read more of this article from the Daily Press in Newport News.