Leaving children behind : how "Texas-style" accountability fails Latino youth /
Leaving children behind : how "Texas-style" accountability fails Latino youth /
edited by Angela Valenzuela.
- viii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- SUNY series, the social context of education .
- SUNY series, social context of education. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the accountability debate in Texas : continuing the conversation / Performance-based school reforms and the federal role in helping schools that serve language-minority students / Faking equity : high-stakes testing and the education of Latino youth / Texas' second wave of high-stakes testing : anti-social promotion legislation, grade retention, and adverse impact on minorities / Playing to the logic of the Texas accountability system : how focusing on "ratings" - not children - undermines quality and equity / Standardized or sterilized? : differing perspectives on the effects of high-stakes testing in west Texas / California's English-only policies : an analysis of initial effects / The centurion : standards and high-stakes testing as gatekeepers for bilingual teacher candidates in the new century / High-stakes testing and educational accountability as social constructions across cultures / Accountability and the privatization agenda / Angela Valenzuela -- Jorge Ruiz de Velasco -- Linda McSpadden McNeil -- Richard R. Valencia and Bruno J. Villarreal -- Kris Sloan -- Elaine Hampton -- Laura Alamillo, Deborah Palmer, Celia Viramontes and Eugene E. Garcia -- Belinda Bustos Flores and Ellen Riojas Clark -- Raymond V. Padilla -- Angela Valenzuela. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"The federal government has based much of its education policies on those adopted in Texas. This book examines how "Texas-style" accountability - the notion that decisions governing retention, promotion, and graduation should be based on a single test score - fails Latina/o youth and their communities."--BOOK JACKET.
0791462404 9780791462409 0791462390 9780791462393
2004012237
Hispanic Americans--Education--Texas
Educational accountability--Texas
Educational tests and measurements--Texas
LC2674.T4 / L43 2005
371.82968073
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the accountability debate in Texas : continuing the conversation / Performance-based school reforms and the federal role in helping schools that serve language-minority students / Faking equity : high-stakes testing and the education of Latino youth / Texas' second wave of high-stakes testing : anti-social promotion legislation, grade retention, and adverse impact on minorities / Playing to the logic of the Texas accountability system : how focusing on "ratings" - not children - undermines quality and equity / Standardized or sterilized? : differing perspectives on the effects of high-stakes testing in west Texas / California's English-only policies : an analysis of initial effects / The centurion : standards and high-stakes testing as gatekeepers for bilingual teacher candidates in the new century / High-stakes testing and educational accountability as social constructions across cultures / Accountability and the privatization agenda / Angela Valenzuela -- Jorge Ruiz de Velasco -- Linda McSpadden McNeil -- Richard R. Valencia and Bruno J. Villarreal -- Kris Sloan -- Elaine Hampton -- Laura Alamillo, Deborah Palmer, Celia Viramontes and Eugene E. Garcia -- Belinda Bustos Flores and Ellen Riojas Clark -- Raymond V. Padilla -- Angela Valenzuela. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"The federal government has based much of its education policies on those adopted in Texas. This book examines how "Texas-style" accountability - the notion that decisions governing retention, promotion, and graduation should be based on a single test score - fails Latina/o youth and their communities."--BOOK JACKET.
0791462404 9780791462409 0791462390 9780791462393
2004012237
Hispanic Americans--Education--Texas
Educational accountability--Texas
Educational tests and measurements--Texas
LC2674.T4 / L43 2005
371.82968073