Fewer California students rated fluent in English

California has ratcheted up the standards for students to be considered fluent in English, causing fewer of them than last year to meet the bar. Twenty-nine percent of the 1.3 million students who are labeled “English learners” scored proficient on the test that measures their acquisition of the language, according to results released recently by the state Department of Education. Last year, 44 percent were considered proficient. Read more of this article from The Sacramento Bee.