Imagine That, as a Teacher, You Are Administering a High-Stakes

Multiple Choice

Imagine that, as a teacher, you are administering a high-stakes achievement test to your students.You have three English language learners in your class, none of whom knew English before immigrating to this country: François who immigrated 9 months ago and is now getting individual tutoring in English) ; Mei-Li who immigrated 3 years ago and spent the first 2 years in a bilingual education program) ; and Maria who immigrated 7 years ago and is now doing well in her English-only classes) .Given what you've learned about the amount of time it typically takes for children to master English as a second language, which of these students has/have probably acquired sufficient knowledge of English to earn valid scores on the high-stakes test?

A) None of them
B) Only Maria
C) Both Mei-Li and Maria
D) All three of them