Overtested
How high-stakes accountability fails English language learners
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Author
Publication
2011 - Teachers College Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
35,750 words, Guess
Page Count
143 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24853135M
- ISBN-139780807752470
- OCLC Control Number723141764
- OCLC Control Numberovertestedhowhig0000pand
- Library of Congress Control Number2011017772
Classifications
- DDC428.0076
- LCCPE1128.A2 P287 2011
Description
This timely book explores what is often overlooked in policy debates about the education of English language learners: how the day-to-day dynamics of the classroom are affected by high-stakes testing and the pressures students and teachers experience and internalize as a result. The author presents and analyzes classroom observations, student work, and test scores, as well as interviews with students and teachers. A disturbing picture of today's overtested public school classroom emerges from the events and practices described in this book. While hard to believe, all the depictions presented took place in a real elementary school classroom and reflect the current culture of extreme accountability. -- Publisher description.
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- Language and literacy series
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