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The Language Demands of School - Putting Academic English to the Test (Paperback)
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The Language Demands of School - Putting Academic English to the Test (Paperback)
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"The Language Demands of School" is an edited volume describing an
extensive empirical base for academic English testing, instruction
and professional development. The chapters comprise empirical
research by Bailey and colleagues at the National Center for
Research on Evaluation, Standards, Student Testing (CRESST) at
UCLA, and invited contributions by practitioners in the fields of
language policy, testing and instruction. The central focus of the
chapters is the research conducted by CRESST over the last two
years in an attempt to document the academic English language
demands placed on school-age learners of English. The three
additional chapters give the perspectives of a policy-maker at the
state level, test developers, and practitioners.
"The Language Demands of" "School "fills a gap in the current
literature by addressing the kind(s) of English required of K-12
English Learner students from an evidence-based perspective. This
is timely given the broader context of the No Child Left Behind Act
of 2001, which has prompted school systems to identify English
language proficiency tests to meet the federal mandate. One of the
problems that has surfaced in the search for English language tests
for K-12 English Learner students is the inadequacy of existing
research on the development of the academic English language skills
that "all" students--both English Learner and native
English-speaking--need to be successful in the school setting. "The
Language Demands of School" is devoted to exploring this topic and
to presenting research that illuminates both the questions and the
answers.
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