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2018
Volume 100, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 0360-9170
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2402
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This paper takes a decolonial approach to preK writing and language assessment and explores what happens when a Black teacher hears and determines that Black Language sounds right.

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