Placement procedures in bilingual education : education and policy issues
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Placement procedures in bilingual education : education and policy issues
（Multilingual matters / series editor, Derrick Sharp, 12）
Multilingual Matters, c1984
- pbk.
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
This book is divided into two sections. The first delineates important policy issues related to language proficiency assessment and emphasises both philosophical and pragmatic aspects. It sets the stage for the second section which focuses on educational considerations and practical implications of language assessment practices. In addition, research relating to literacy and language proficiency is also highlighted. It is hoped that the concerns raised here will stimulate policymakers, researchers and educators alike: to critically reevaluate the uses of currently available language proficiency measures; to more judiciously analyze the overall procedures employed in the assessment process; and to appraise the educational implications for placement purposes. From an educational perspective, if the assessment of students' language proficiency is to be meaningful the aspects of language measured need to link to the curriculum and provide useful information about a child's language development that interrelates to overall academic achievement.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Background to the Language Proficiency Assessment Symposium
Introduction
Part I: Policy Concerns
1. Bernard Spolsky: The Uses of Language Tests: An Ethical Envoi
2. Josue Gonzalez: Policy Issues in Language Assessment
Part II: Educational Concerns
3. Edward A. DeAvila: Language Proficiency: Confusions, Paradoxes and a Few Admonitions to Psychologists, Educators, Linguists and others Developing Assessment Procedures for Language Minority Students
4. Mary Spencer: Language Proficiency Assessment in California: Research and Deliberation toward Better Solutions
5. Zoe Ann Hayes: Linguistic and Communicative Assessment of Bilingual Children
6. Sylvia Pena: Identifying and Placing the Limited English Proficient Student
7. Eduardo Hernandez-Chavez and Jan Curtis: The Graphic Sense Hypothesis or "You Can't Read Firecrackers"
8. Betsy Tregar and Bak Fun Wong: The Relationship Between Native and Second Language Reading Comprehension and Second Language Oral Ability
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