Descripción
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.
Author: Kate Menken
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Published: 02/27/2008
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781853599972
ISBN10: 1853599972
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics | Sociolinguistics
- Education | Bilingual Education
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching
About the Author
Kate Menken is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY), and a Research Fellow at the Research Institute for the Study of Language in an Urban Society at the CUNY Graduate Center. Previously, she was a teacher of English as a second language.