Panel OKs bill on Hawaiian tests

By Nanea Kalani

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 14, 2013

~~<p>Third- and fourth-graders in Hawaiian language immersion programs could soon be taking state assessment tests developed in Hawaiian — instead of controversial English translations — under a bill moving through the Legislature.</p>
<p>Students now are given a straight English-to-Hawaiian translation of the Hawaii State Assessment developed in 2011, which Hawaiian language advocates say contains serious grammar and vocabulary errors and has resulted in poor test results.</p>
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Third- and fourth-graders in Hawaiian language immersion programs could soon be taking state assessment tests developed in Hawaiian — instead of controversial English translations — under a bill moving through the Legislature.

Students now are given a straight English-to-Hawaiian translation of the Hawaii State Assessment developed in 2011, which Hawaiian language advocates say contains serious grammar and vocabulary errors and has resulted in poor test results. Login for more...