R.O. Hardin School this week honored 22 third- to sixth-grade students who were reclassified as fluent English proficient. That follows last year’s reclassification of 25 students.
Jananne Gaver, the school’s resource teacher who will take over as principal for the next school year, said the designation means the students “are free to take courses offered to any student who has shown proficiency in English.
“Usually, we find out that our reclassified students do well academically down the road,” she said. “It really opens a lot of doors for them.”
Reclassifications can start as early as third grade.To be eligible, students must score proficient on the California English Language Development Test, score in the basic range on the California Standards Test, and score a 3 on the district writing assessment.
