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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
