High stakes testing, bilingual education and language endangerment: A Yup'ik example

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 701-721

  Wyman, Leisy ^a   Marlow, Patrick ^b   Andrew, Ciquyaq Fannie ^c   Miller, Gayle ^c   Nicholai, Cikigaq Rachel ^c   Rearden, Yurrliq Nita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Lower Kuskokwim School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual programming; Collaborative research; Indigenous language shift maintenance revitalization; Language planning; NCLB; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958461225     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050903410931     Document Type: Article

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