The Language Demands of School - Putting Academic English to the Test : Putting Academic English to the Test

Foreword by Charlene Rivera ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii List of Abbreviations xx ONE Introduction: Teaching and Assessing Students Learning English in School Alison L. Bailey 1(26) TWO ELLs and Standardized Assessments: The Interaction between Language Proficiency and Performance on Standardized Tests Frances A. Butler, Robin Stevens. and Martha Castellon 27(23) THREE Policy Needs: What Federal and State Governments Need from Language Research Jan Mayer 50(18) FOUR A Conceptual Framework of Academic English Language for Broad Application to Education Alison L. Bailey and Frances A. Butler 68(35) FIVE Further Specifying the Language Demands of School Alison L. Bailey, Frances A. Butler, Robin Stevens, and Carol Lord 103(54) SIX Making Choices in Academic English Language Testing: Evidence from the Evolution of Test Specifications Fred Davidson, Jung Tae Kim, Hveong-Jong Lee, Jinshu Li, and Alexis A. L pez 157(14) SEVEN Academic English: A View from the Classroom Margaret Heritage, Norma Silva, and Mary Pierce 171(40) EIGHT A Research Agenda for the Future of English Language Development Alison L. Bailey 211(6) List of Contributors 217(4) Index 221