Examples of appropriate and inappropriate practices

Example 1

A school district identified groups of low scoring students on state content tests. A low proportion of ELL students had reached proficiency in core content areas. To address the issue, the district sponsored ELL staff to receive training in a new instructional method.

Do you think this practice is considered Appropriate or Inappropriate?

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Appropriate

One purpose of state content tests is to evaluate educational programming.
The district noticed that students did not appear to reach proficiency given current programming.
Changes were needed to increase scores for ELL students.