Overtested: How High-Stakes Accountability Fails English Language Learners

by Jessica Zacher Pandya

Book Overview

This timely book explores what is often overlooked in policy debates about the education of English language learners: how the day-to-day dynamics of the classroom are affected by high-stakes testing and the pressures students and teachers experience and internalize as a result. The author presents and analyzes classroom observations, student work, and test scores, as well as interviews with students and teachers. A disturbing picture of today's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807752479
• ISBN13: 9780807752470
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"