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1. Diplomas Dubiously Denied: A Taxonomy and Commentary.

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Zorn, Jeff

Subjects
*EXAMINATIONS, *SCHOOLS, *STUDENTS, *EDUCATIONAL standards
Abstract

Discusses the ethics and pragmatics of the practice of schools in the United States of denying students a diploma unless they pass high-stakes testing in up to five academic areas. Arguments for educational standards reform and high-stakes student assessments; Impact of the practice on students and children of color; Arguments against high-stakes testing.

Published
2001
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2. “Students’ Right to Their Own Language”: A Counter-Argument.

Author

Zorn, Jeff

Subjects
*FOREIGN language education, *EDUCATIONAL psychology, *ENGLISH language, *DIALECTS, *STUDENTS
Abstract

The article present the author's counter argument over the issue on Students' Right to Their Own Language (STROL) in terms of teaching the English language. He mentions that his argument stresses six points which include that STROL offers no consistent view on the importance of dialect and draws into a reactionary politics of ethnic-cultural chauvinism. He affirms that the Formal Standard English remains the academic norm and that a student has no right to not employ it with excellence.

Published
2010
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