Leaving Children Behind Why Texas-Style Accountability Fails Latino Youth

Name: Leaving Children Behind Why Texas-Style Accountability Fails Latino Youth
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ISBN: 9780791462409

ISBN-10: 0791462404

ISBN-13: 9780791462409

Edition: 2004

Authors: Angela Valenzuela, Angela Valenzuela

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The US federal government has based much of its education policies on those adopted in Texas. This volume 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.

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 11/24/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 322
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English




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