Leaving children behind : how "Texas-style" accountability fails Latino youth / edited by Angela Valenzuela.
"The federal government has based much of its education policies on those adopted in Texas. This book examines how "Texas-style" accountability - the notion that decisions governing retention, promotion, and graduation should be based on a single test score - fails Latina/o youth and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[2005]
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| Series: | SUNY series, social context of education.
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| Summary: | "The federal government has based much of its education policies on those adopted in Texas. This book examines how "Texas-style" accountability - the notion that decisions governing retention, promotion, and graduation should be based on a single test score - fails Latina/o youth and their communities."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0791462404 9780791462409 0791462390 9780791462393 |