Graduation Year
2016
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Politics and International Relations
Second Department
Foreign Languages
Reader 1
Nancy Neiman Aurbach
Reader 2
Marina Perez de Mendiola
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Abstract
Goals 2000 and No Child Left behind have developed a new timeline for language acquisition, have promoted the practice of teaching to the test rather than the understanding of content, and High School Exit Exams have led to the widening of the achievement gap between ELL students and their Non-ELL counterparts. In additions, the policies’ narrow definition of success leads to federal sanctions that penalize schools with ELL student populations further contributing to the widening of the gap.
Recommended Citation
Canas Baena, Daniela A., "No Child Left Behind Leaves Behind English Language Learners" (2016). Scripps Senior Theses. 740.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/740
