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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 994 


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    AMENDMENT NO. ___.  Amend House Resolution 994 as follows:

 


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on page 1, immediately below line 5, by inserting the 
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following:
 
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    "WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Education has indicated

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through its peer review process that the IMAGE Test is no 
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longer an
acceptable achievement test for English Language 
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Learner (ELL)
students; and"; and



 
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on page 1, by deleting lines 11 through 13; and
 


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following:
 
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    "WHEREAS, The impact of this decision will mean that ELL

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students will be taking tests that are inappropriate to measure

 


 






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their academic performance because the Illinois Standards 
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Achievement Test (ISAT) was never developed for an ELL 
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population; the ISAT was never normed on an ELL population; 
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and, by definition, students receiving English as a Second 
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Language (ESL) services (students who score 3 or lower on the 
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ACCESS test, the State-required English language proficiency 
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assessment) are not able to work at grade-level
standards; 
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and"; and

 
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on page 2, line 10, by replacing "therefore, be it" with "and"; 
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and
 


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on page 2, by replacing lines 11 through 23 with the following:
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    "WHEREAS, On February 15, 2008, the State Board of 
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Education received notification from the U.S. Department of 
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Education that there is no statutory or regulatory authority to 
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proceed with recommendations made by the Illinois Advisory 
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Council on Bilingual Education; therefore, be it"; and

 
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    "RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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urge the State Board of"; and
 


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    "RESOLVED, That we urge the State Board of Education to 
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continue to seek federal exemptions until an appropriate 
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assessment can be developed; and be it further".