Social Consequences of Testing for Language-Minoritized Bilinguals in the United States

This book provides a cohesive historical narrative of the testing of language-minoritized bilinguals in the United States that centers the test-takers' experiences. It demonstrates how testing has contributed to the historic, systemic marginalization of language-minoritized bilinguals and encourages efforts to dismantle these inequities.

About the author

Jamie L. Schissel is Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. Her research centers on testing and teaching in multilingual communities.

Summary

This book provides a cohesive historical narrative of the testing of language-minoritized bilinguals in the United States that centers the test-takers’ experiences. It demonstrates how testing has contributed to the historic, systemic marginalization of language-minoritized bilinguals and encourages efforts to dismantle these inequities.

Product details

• Authors: Jamie L Schissel, Jamie L. Schissel
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781788922708
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-270-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 435 g
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism; Bilingual Education & Bilingua; Bilingual Education & Bilingua; Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures