The language demands of school : putting academic language to the test. / edited by Alison L. Bailey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : teaching and assessing students learning -- ELLs and standardized assessments : the interaction between language proficiency and performance on standardized tests / Frances A. Butler, Robin Stevens, and Martha Castellon -- Policy needs / Jan Mayer -- A conceptual framework of academic English language for broad application to education / Alison L. Bailey and Frances A. Butler -- Further specifying the language demands of school / Alison L. Bailey, Frances A. Butler, Robin Stevens, and Carol Lord -- Making choices in academic English language testing : evidence form the evolution of test specifications / Frederick Davidson, Jung Tae Kim, Hyeong-Jong Lee, Jinshu Li, and Alexis A. López -- Academic English : a view from the classroom / Margaret Heritage, Norma Silva, and Mary Pierce -- A research agenda for the future of English language development / Alison L. Bailey.