The impact of language and high-stakes testing policies on elementary school english language learners in Arizona

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-54

  Wright, Wayne E ^a,b   Choi, Daniel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Arizona; Bilingual education; English language learners; High stakes testing; No Child Left Behind; Proposition 203; Sheltered English Immersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646787407     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v14n13.2006     Document Type: Review

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