| Description |
xvii, 234 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-227) and index. |
| Contents |
Immigrant education: the program and policy landscape. -- Recent immigrant and ELL students and their schools. -- School achievement and resources: the differing experiences of recent immigrant and ELL students. -- Recent immigrant challenges and public school responses. -- The debate over language acquisition: caught between "bilingual" education and English immersion. -- Educator evaluations of language assessment, placement, and accountability systems. -- Mapping recent immigrant students onto the education policy landscape: summary, policy recommendations, and directions for the future. -- Epilogue: Public schools caught in the hypocrisy of immigration policy and politics. -- Appendix A. California state programs serving immigrant and ELL students. -- Appendix B. Data sources, descriptive methods, and additional quantitative analysis. -- Appendix C. Selection processes and methods for interviews. -- Appendix D. Coding criteria for language assessment and accountability analysis. -- Appendix E. Additional discussion on general impressions of the Academic Performance Index (API). -- Appendix F. Sample home language survey. |
| Subject |
Immigrants -- Education -- Government policy -- California -- Case studies.
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers -- Government policy -- California -- Case studies.
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Education, Bilingual -- Government policy -- California -- Case studies.
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English-only movement -- Government policy -- California -- Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Danenberg, Anne, 1954-
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Sanchez, Patricia.
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| ISBN |
0877667233 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780877667230 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2175959 |
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