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Ma'ayan, Hadar Dubowsky – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2010
Erika was a failing student at a large urban public middle school. She was poor, Hispanic, bilingual, and had repeated fourth grade. She scored low on her standardized tests and was failing several subject areas. In class, Erika was a student who sat silently with her head on her desk, and rarely turned in any of her assignments. She was a…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Middle School Students, Family Violence, Standardized Tests