Academic Achievers

Whose Definition? An Ethnographic Study Examining the Literacy [under] Development of English Language Learners in the Era of High-Stakes Tests

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2010
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Preliminary Material
Pages: 1–xiii
Introduction
Pages: 1–12
Beyond Empty Rhetoric
Examining the Determining Factors Leading to ELLs’ Academic [under]Achievement
Pages: 13–26
Unveiling the Flaw in the Deficit Theory
School, Family, and Student Academic Achievement
Pages: 27–35
Situating the Context of Study
The School, State and Federal Policies, Poverty, and Student Learning
Pages: 37–50
The Study Itself
Data Method Collection and Analysis
Pages: 51–78
Urban Teachers’s Teaching Practices and Ells’s Academic Development in the Area of High- Stakes Testing
Pages: 79–93
Achievers among [under] Achievers
Pages: 95–121
Academic Achievement: Whose Definition?
Mapping the Literacy Growth of Maria, José and Juan in the Era of Standardized Tests
Pages: 123–143
Conclusion
Beyond Institutional Representation of Student Academic Achievement
Pages: 145–150
Epilogue
Pages: 151–152
Appendix
Pages: 153–199
Bibliography
Pages: 201–206
Biography
Pages: 207
Index
Pages: 209–211
Educational Researchers and their students
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Publisher:
Brill
Language:
English
Pages:
226 pp.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789460912375

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