High-Stakes Testing and Latina/o Students: Creating a Hierarchy of College Readiness
Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
Published online on July 04, 2013
Abstract
Abstract
This article examines how high-stakes testing policies can constrain the way teachers at predominately Latina/o high schools teach literacy and subsequently influence the success of Latina/o students at college. It is based on a year and a half study of seven Latina/o students making transition from a high school to a community college or university on the U.S.–Mexico border.
Resumen
Este manuscrito examina como políticas de pruebas de alto rendimiento pueden limitar la forma en que maestros en preparatorias predominantemente latinos enseña alfabetismo y subsecuentemente influencian el éxito universitario de estudiantes latinos/as. Está basado en un estudio de año y medio de siete estudiantes latina/os que pasan de preparatoria a colegio comunitario o universidad en la frontera México– Estados Unidos de América.