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"A Nation at Risk"
The emphasis on policy to improve education.Individual State StandardsNo Child Left Behind (NCLB)National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers agree to generate shared standards.States begin to adopt shared standards46 States including the District of Columbia adopt the Common Core States Standards (CCSS)Fundamental Shift in StandardsCalifornia Adopts "English Language Arts Framework"Phonemic Awareness, Oral Fluency , and Phonics take Center Stage within mandatesResearch continues to show a correlation between reading education and future economic success (Ritchie and Bates)English Language Development Standards are AuthorizedCalifornia English Language Development Test (CELDT) AuthorizedDevelopment of K-1 Early Literacy Assessment BeginsK-1 Reading and Writing Assessments are OperationalState Board of Education (SBE) approves performance levels for K-1 and English-proficient level updated on the CELDTCalifornia re-identifies language minority students as English Learners (EL).Lau v. Nichols (1974) DecisionCalifornia Proposition 227 is PassedSenate Bill 1969 CLAD/BCLADEnglish Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) will replace the CELDT
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