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English Learners Left Behind: Standardized Testing as Language Policyreviewed by Penelope Wong - May 30, 2008 Title: English Learners Left Behind: Standardized Testing as Language Policy Author(s): Kate Menken Publisher: Multilingual Matters, Clevedon ISBN: 1853599980, Pages: 207, Year: 2008 Search for book at Amazon.com Kate Menkens English Learners Left Behind: Standardized Testing as Language Policy is an illuminating work that addresses a topic which until now has had little attention: the effect of the federal education policy of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) on the lives of English Language Learners (ELLs) in terms of their educational experiences, particularly their language learning experiences, in the U.S. public school system. Using a mixed qualitative and quantitative research design, Menken provides data from interviews, observations, state, district, and school policy documents, standardized test results, and other sources (i.e., graduation and drop out rates) to illustrate how ELLs in ten high schools across the boroughs of New York City experience extraordinarily high failure rates on the high-stakes graduation exit exams (in English) that they must pass in order to receive a high school diploma and/or be admitted to college. In short, Menken convincingly illustrates that the standardized testing... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Penelope Wong
Outward Bound E-mail Author PENELOPE WONG is an Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound School Designer.
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