The language demands of school : putting academic English to the test /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2007.
Description:	xxi, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States. English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States. Language arts -- United States -- Evaluation. Language arts -- Standards -- United States. Educational tests and measurements -- United States. Educational tests and measurements. English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary) English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) Language arts -- Evaluation. Language arts -- Standards. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6124793

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Other authors / contributors:	Bailey, Alison L.
ISBN:	0300109466 9780300109467
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction : teaching and assessing students learning English in school / Alison L. Bailey
2. ELLs and standardized assessments : the interaction between language proficiency and performance on standardized tests / Frances A. Butler, Robin Stevens and Martha Castellon
3. Policy needs : what federal and state governments need from language research / Jan Mayer
4. A conceptual framework of academic English language for broad application to education / Alison L. Bailey and Frances A. Butler
5. Further specifying the language demands of school / Alison L. Bailey, Frances A. Butler, Robin Stevens and Carol Lord
6. Making choices in academic English language testing : evidence from the evolution of test specifications / Fred Davidson, Jung Tae Kim, Hyeong-Jong Lee, Jinshu Li and Alexis A. Lopez
7. Academic English : a view from the classroom / Margaret Heritage, Norma Silva and Mary Pierce
8. A research agenda for the future of English language development / Alison L. Bailey.

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