English Learners Left Behind

English Learners Left Behind
Author: Kate Menken
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1853599972
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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.


English Learners Left Behind
Language: en
Pages: 216

English Learners Left Behind

Authors: Kate Menken
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-01-01 - Publisher: Multilingual Matters

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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
Testing English-Language Learners in U.S. Schools
Language: en
Pages: 58

Testing English-Language Learners in U.S. Schools

Authors: National Research Council
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-01-12 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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The Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity was created under the auspices of the National Research Council (NRC), and specifically under the ove
Allocating Federal Funds for State Programs for English Language Learners
Language: en
Pages: 240

Allocating Federal Funds for State Programs for English Language Learners

Authors: National Research Council
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-20 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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As the United States continues to be a nation of immigrants and their children, the nation's school systems face increased enrollments of students whose primary
PreK-12 English Language Proficiency Standards
Language: en
Pages: 164

PreK-12 English Language Proficiency Standards

Authors: TESOL International Association
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Tesol Press

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The revised PreK-12 English Language Proficiency Standards build on the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessments (WIDA) Consortium's English Language Pr
Improving Testing For English Language Learners
Language: en
Pages: 348

Improving Testing For English Language Learners

Authors: Rebecca Kopriva
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-02-23 - Publisher: Routledge

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More than any book to date, this one provides a comprehensive approach to designing, building, implementing and interpreting test results that validly measure t