California English-Language Proficiency Assessment Project
Assembly Bill 748, enacted in 1997, requires that the test or tests assessing the progress of English learners toward achieving fluency in English be aligned with state standards for English-language development. The San Diego County Office of Education, under contract with the Standards and Assessment Division of the California Department of Education, named an advisory committee of state and national leaders to assist in the development of the English-language devel足 opment (ELD) standards. A list of the Califor足 nia English-Language Proficiency Assessment Project advisory committee members and their affiliations follows: Adel Nadeau, Chair, San Diego County Office of Education Tim Allen, San Diego City Unified School District Bob Anderson, California Department of Educa足 tion Nancy Brynelson, California Department of Education Frances Butler, Center for the Study of Evaluation, University of California, Los Angeles Ruben Carriedo, San Diego City Unified School District Richard Diaz, California Department of Education Richard Duran, University of California, Santa Barbara Mark Fetler, California Department of Education Sara Fields, California Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Jim Grissom, California Department of Education Elizabeth Hartung-Cole, Long Beach Unified School District
Donna Heath, San Dieguito Union High School District Natalie Kuhlman, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Board Magaly Lavadenz, Loyola Marymount University Barbara Merino, University of California, Davis Basha Millhollen, California Department of Education Ofelia Miramontes, University of Colorado, Boulder Alberto Ochoa, San Diego State University David Ramirez, California State University, Long Beach Rosalia Salinas, San Diego County Office of Education Robin Scarcella, University of California, Irvine Jerome Shaw, WestEd Leonore Spafford, Secretary, San Diego County Office of Education Shelly Spiegel-Coleman, Los Angeles County Office of Education Gwen Stephens, California Department of Education Aida Walqui, Stanford University Terry Wiley, California State University, Long Beach Sandy Williams, Escondido Union High School District Richard Wolfe, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Gay Wong, California State University, Los Angeles Charlene Zawacki, Escondido Union School District Note: The affiliations of persons named in this list were current at the time this document was developed.
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Reposted June 9, 2009