English learners left behind : standardized testing as language policy

Kate Menken

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.

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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.

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[目次]

  • ContentAcknowledgementPART I: Language Policy Context 1. Introduction 2. Language Policy, Federal Education Legislation, and English Language Learners in the United States 3. The New York Case: The Local Implementation of a National PolicyPART II: Standardized Tests in Daily School Life 4. Tongue-Tied: The Linguistic Challenges that Standardized Tests Pose for English Language Learners 5. The Ones Left Behind: How High-Stakes Tests Impact the Lives and Schooling Experiences of ELL Students 6. "Teaching to the Test" as Language Policy: The Focus on Test Preparationin Curriculum and Instruction for ELLsPART III: Expansion & Recommendations 7. Higher Expectations vs. Language as Liability: Why the Drawbacks of Accountability Outweigh the Benefits for English Language Learners 8. High-Stakes Testing and Language Un-Planning: Theoretical Implications of Testing as Language Policy 9. Moving Forward: Embracing Multilingual Language Policies from the Top-Down to the Bottom-Up

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[目次]

  • ContentAcknowledgementPART I: Language Policy Context 1. Introduction 2. Language Policy, Federal Education Legislation, and English Language Learners in the United States 3. The New York Case: The Local Implementation of a National PolicyPART II: Standardized Tests in Daily School Life 4. Tongue-Tied: The Linguistic Challenges that Standardized Tests Pose for English Language Learners 5. The Ones Left Behind: How High-Stakes Tests Impact the Lives and Schooling Experiences of ELL Students 6. "Teaching to the Test" as Language Policy: The Focus on Test Preparationin Curriculum and Instruction for ELLsPART III: Expansion & Recommendations 7. Higher Expectations vs. Language as Liability: Why the Drawbacks of Accountability Outweigh the Benefits for English Language Learners 8. High-Stakes Testing and Language Un-Planning: Theoretical Implications of Testing as Language Policy 9. Moving Forward: Embracing Multilingual Language Policies from the Top-Down to the Bottom-Up

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書名 English learners left behind : standardized testing as language policy
著作者等 Menken Kate (City University of New York)
Menken Kate
シリーズ名 Bilingual education and bilingualism
出版元 Multilingual Matters
刊行年月 c2008
ページ数 viii, 207 p.
大きさ 22 cm
ISBN 9781853599972
9781853599989
NCID BA86004406
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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