English Learners Left Behind: Standardized Testing as Language Policy

By Kate Menken and Assist. Prof. Kate Menken

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853599972
• ISBN13: 9781853599972
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.2"