TY  - BOOK
AU  - Valenzuela,Angela
TI  - Leaving children behind: how "Texas-style" accountability fails Latino youth 
T2  - SUNY series, the social context of education
SN  - 0791462404
AV  - LC2674.T4 L43 2005
U1  - 371.82968073 22
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Hispanic Americans
KW  - Education
KW  - Texas
KW  - Educational accountability
KW  - Educational tests and measurements
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Introduction : the accountability debate in Texas : continuing the conversation; Angela Valenzuela --; 2; Performance-based school reforms and the federal role in helping schools that serve language-minority students; Jorge Ruiz de Velasco --; 3; Faking equity : high-stakes testing and the education of Latino youth; Linda McSpadden McNeil --; 4; Texas' second wave of high-stakes testing : anti-social promotion legislation, grade retention, and adverse impact on minorities; Richard R. Valencia and Bruno J. Villarreal --; 5; Playing to the logic of the Texas accountability system : how focusing on "ratings" - not children - undermines quality and equity; Kris Sloan --; 6; Standardized or sterilized? : differing perspectives on the effects of high-stakes testing in west Texas; Elaine Hampton --; 7; California's English-only policies : an analysis of initial effects; Laura Alamillo, Deborah Palmer, Celia Viramontes and Eugene E. Garcia --; 8; The centurion : standards and high-stakes testing as gatekeepers for bilingual teacher candidates in the new century; Belinda Bustos Flores and Ellen Riojas Clark --; 9; High-stakes testing and educational accountability as social constructions across cultures; Raymond V. Padilla --; 10; Accountability and the privatization agenda; Angela Valenzuela
N2  - "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
ER  -