Whether it’s preparing English learners for state standardized tests or the ACCESS test, Grimm has one big piece of advice for all teachers: maximize the opportunities for students to engage ...

Also, last October, the department gave $1.8 million to a consortium of 14 states and the District of Columbia to develop an alternative test for English-language learners, essentially a plain ...

In L.A. Unified, 49,940 English learners took the math test, and about 1,800 had access to the stacked tool, though it’s unclear how many used it, spokeswoman Barbara Jones said in an email.