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Wright, Wayne E. and Xiaoshi Li. 2008. High-stakes math tests: How No Child Left Behind leaves newcomer English language learners behind. Language Policy 7 (3) : 237–266.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | foreign language acquisition | language policy | mathematics | testing

Language as a subject

English, American

Place, Publisher

Springer

Annotation

This paper explores the U.S. federal education policy of the "No Child Left Behind Act" via the case of the language demands of the state math test for fifth grade newcomer Cambodian students enrolled in a Texas middle school.