Acknowledgements; Part 1 Language Policy Context; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Language Policy, Federal Education Legislation and English Language Learners in the United States; Chapter 3 The New York Case: The Local Implementation of a National Policy; Part 2 Standardized Tests in Daily School Life; Chapter 4 Tongue-Tied: The Linguistic Challenges that Standardized Tests Pose for English Language Learners; Chapter 5 The Ones Left Behind: How High-Stakes Tests Impact the Lives and Schooling Experiences of ELL Students
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-203)-and indexes
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