Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Can't test out I have several students in my ESOL Practicum that have been living in the United States since they were infants and have been in ESOL for several years. Still, they cannot test out of the ESOL Program. They need to get a 3 on FCAT and pass the CELLA test. One of the students is a 6th grader who cannot read. He has difficulties with decoding simple words. I tried giving him a passage in Spanish, and he still could not read it. I suspect that there is more than just a language issue here. He is in 3 ESOL classes, but I think he needs other ESE support. What can we do for him when he is stuck in ESOL? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I think you should go through the process to see if he can be tested for ESE classes. I agree that it sounds like there might be more than a language barrier here since he is also not able to read in his first language.