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Title:

The language demands of school : putting academic English to the test / edited by Alison L. Bailey.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xxi, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

Other Authors:

Bailey, Alison L.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: teaching and assessing students learning English in school / Alison L. Bailey -- ELLs and standardized assessments: the interaction between language proficiency and performance on standardized tests / Frances A. Butler, Robin Stevens, and Martha Castellon -- Policy needs: what federal and state governments need from language research / Jan Mayer -- A conceptual framework of academic English language for broad application to education / Alison L. Bailey and Frances A. Butler -- Further specifying the language demands of school / Alison L. Bailey, Frances A. Butler, Robin Stevens, and Carol Lord -- 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. López -- Academic English: a view from the classroom / Margaret Heritage, Norma Silva, and Mary Pierce -- A research agenda for the future of English language development / Alison L. Bailey.

ISBN:

9780300109467
9780300109467 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0300109466 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63703832
(OCoLC)70229910

LCCN:

2006003782

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)