Immersion pupils push to be tested in Hawaiian tongue

Students now take English assessments or answer questions that are translated

By Mary Vorsino

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 30, 2013

~~<p>Holding signs that read, "No more unfair testing," hundreds of Hawaiian-immersion students and supporters gathered on the lawn of the Department of Education building Tuesday to call for the development of standardized assessments in the Hawaiian language.</p>
<p>"We're not saying we don't want to be tested. We're saying the instrument has to be appropriate," said Kamoa‘e Walk, chairman of ‘Aha Kauleo, the statewide advisory council for the DOE's Hawaiian-language immersion program.</p>
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Holding signs that read, "No more unfair testing," hundreds of Hawaiian-immersion students and supporters gathered on the lawn of the Department of Education building Tuesday to call for the development of standardized assessments in the Hawaiian language.

"We're not saying we don't want to be tested. We're saying the instrument has to be appropriate," said Kamoa‘e Walk, chairman of ‘Aha Kauleo, the statewide advisory council for the DOE's Hawaiian-language immersion program. Login for more...