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Against the Undertow: Language-Minority Education Policy and Politics in the "Age of Accountability"
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Direct linkWiley, Terrence G.; Wright, Wayne E. – Educational Policy, 2004
This article reviews historical and contemporary policies, ideologies, and educational prescriptions for language-minority students. It notes language and literacy policies historically have been used as instruments of social control and that racism and linguistic intolerance have often been closely linked with antecedents in the colonial and…
Descriptors: Ideology, Testing, Social Control, High Stakes Tests
