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ENGLISH LEARNERS LEFT BEHIND
STANDARDIZED TESTING AS LANGUAGE POLICY |
| By: |
Kate Menken |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£18.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1853599999 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781853599996 |
| Publisher: |
CHANNEL VIEW PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
27 February, 2008 |
| Series: |
Bilingual Education & Bilingualism |
| Pages: |
216 |
| Description: |
This book explores how high-stakes tests mandated by No Child Left Behind have become de facto language policy in U.S. schools, detailing how testing has shaped curriculum and instruction, and the myriad ways that tests are now a defining force in the daily lives of English Language Learners and the educators who serve them. |
| Synopsis: |
In the wake of recent federal legislation entitled No Child Left Behind, high-stakes standardized testing for accountability purposes is being emphasized in educational systems across the U.S. for all students - including English Language Learners (ELLs). Yet language proficiency mediates test performance, so ELLs typically receive scores far below those of other students. This book explores how tests have become de facto language policy in schools, shaping what is taught in school, how it is taught, and in what language(s) it is taught. In New York City, while most schools responded to testing by increasing the amount of English instruction offered to ELLs, a few schools have preserved native language instruction instead. Moreover, this research documents how tests are a defining force in the daily lives of ELLs and the educators who serve them. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Multilingual Matters |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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