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Author Gershberg, Alec Ian.

Title Beyond "bilingual" education : new immigrants and public school policies in California / Alec Ian Gershberg, Anne Danenberg, and Patricia Sánchez.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Urban Institute Press, [2004]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  370.117 G381B    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index.
Contents Immigrant education: the program and policy landscape. -- Recent immigrant and ELL students and their schools. -- School achievement and resources: the differing experiences of recent immigrant and ELL students. -- Recent immigrant challenges and public school responses. -- The debate over language acquisition: caught between "bilingual" education and English immersion. -- Educator evaluations of language assessment, placement, and accountability systems. -- Mapping recent immigrant students onto the education policy landscape: summary, policy recommendations, and directions for the future. -- Epilogue: Public schools caught in the hypocrisy of immigration policy and politics. -- Appendix A. California state programs serving immigrant and ELL students. -- Appendix B. Data sources, descriptive methods, and additional quantitative analysis. -- Appendix C. Selection processes and methods for interviews. -- Appendix D. Coding criteria for language assessment and accountability analysis. -- Appendix E. Additional discussion on general impressions of the Academic Performance Index (API). -- Appendix F. Sample home language survey.
Subject Immigrants -- Education -- Government policy -- California -- Case studies.
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers -- Government policy -- California -- Case studies.
Education, Bilingual -- Government policy -- California -- Case studies.
English-only movement -- Government policy -- California -- Case studies.
Added Author Danenberg, Anne, 1954-
Sánchez, Patricia.
ISBN 0877667233 paperback alkaline paper
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