Hi Happy, thanks for your response!
I really appreciated your points on standardized testing that are intrinsically created through a white monolingual lens. This made me realize how all these statistics of BICS and CAPS on how many years it takes EB to learn English are so harmful because they don't reflect the knowledge of EBs and keeps them in the same vulnerable position. I also wonder how much these stats would improve if only EBs would be encouraged to use their full linguistic repertoire such as translanguaging in classrooms. It is essential to give EBs an equal opportunity just as monolinguals students get to have one to share their knowledge and allow them to utilize their full linguistic repertoire to affirm their identities and teach their whole authentic selves.
I really appreciated your points on standardized testing that are intrinsically created through a white monolingual lens. This made me realize how all these statistics of BICS and CAPS on how many years it takes EB to learn English are so harmful because they don't reflect the knowledge of EBs and keeps them in the same vulnerable position. I also wonder how much these stats would improve if only EBs would be encouraged to use their full linguistic repertoire such as translanguaging in classrooms. It is essential to give EBs an equal opportunity just as monolinguals students get to have one to share their knowledge and allow them to utilize their full linguistic repertoire to affirm their identities and teach their whole authentic selves.