Publications
Journal Articles
Wiley, T. G. & Wright, W. E. (2004). Against the Undertow: Language Minority Educational Policy and Politics in the Age of Accountability. Educational Policy, 18(1), 142-168.
Wright, W. E., & Li, X. (2008). High-Stakes Math Tests: How No Child Left Behind Leaves Newcomer English Language Learners Behind. Language Policy, [Online First] (DOI 10.1007/s10993-008-9099-2).
Wright, W. E., & Li, X. (2006). Catching up in Math? The Case of Newly-Arrived Cambodian Students in a Texas Intermediate School. TABE Journal, 9(1), 1-22. Available: http://www.tabe.org/members/Catching%20_up_in_Math.pdf
Wright, W. E., Nguyen-Lam, K., Sak-Humphry, C., Turpin, L., & Knaack, J. (2006). Editors’ Introduction: Fulfilling a Critical Need: The Journal of Southeast Asian American Education & Advancement. Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, 1. Available: http://jsaaea.coehd.utsa.edu/index.php/JSAAEA/article/view/10/4
Wright, W. E. & Choi, D. (2006). The Impact of Language and High-Stakes Testing Policies on Elementary School English Language Learners in
Arizona. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 14(13), 1-56. Available: http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v14n13/
Wright, W. E. (2008). Editor’s Introduction: Special Issue on Southeast Asian American Demographics. Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, 3(Special Issue on SEA Demographics), i-iv.
Wright, W. E. (2006). A Catch-22 for Language Learners. Educational Leadership, 64(3), 22-27.
Wright, W. E. (2005). English Language Learners Left Behind in Arizona: The Nullification of Accommodations in the Intersection of Federal and State Language and Assessment Policies. Bilingual Research Journal, 29(1), 1-30.
Wright, W. E. (2005). The Political Spectacle of Arizona’s Proposition 203. Educational Policy, 19(5), 662-700.
Wright, W. E. (2004). What English-Only Really Means: A Study of the Implementation of California Language Policy for Cambodian American Students. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 7(1), 1-23.
Wright, W. E. (2003). Khmer (Cambodian) Heritage Language Programs: Will the Khmer Language Survive in California? The Multilingual Education, 4(1), 28-31.
Wright, W. E. (2002). The Effects of High Stakes Testing on an Inner-city Elementary School: The Curriculum, the Teachers, and the English Language Learners. Current Issues in Education [On-line], 5(5). Available: http://cie.asu.edu/volume5/number5/
Books
Wright, W. E. (forthcoming). Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners: Effective Language and Content Instruction. Philadelphia: Caslon, Inc. (Expected Publication date: 2009)
Edited Books
Ramirez, D., Wiley, T. G., de Klerk, G., Lee, E., and Wright, W. E. (Eds.). (2005). Ebonics in the Urban Education Debate. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters.
Book Chapters
Wiley, T. G., de Klerk, G. & Wright, W. E. (2005). Introduction. In D. Ramirez, T. G. Wiley, G. de Klerk, E. Lee, & W. E. Wright (Eds.), Ebonics in the Urban Education Debate (pp. ix-xii). Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters.
Wright, W. E. (in-press). Teaching English language learners in Post-Proposition 203 Arizona: Structured English immersion or sink-or-swim submersion? In G. McField (Ed.), Appropriate action for English learners? The case of structured English immersion in the U.S. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.
Wright, W. E. (in-press). Our Journey Among the Khmer. In M. Brown (Ed.) TexAsian Infusion;San Antonio’s Modern Asian Communities Since 1975.
Wright, W. E. (in-press). The Intersection of No Child Left Behind and Proposition 203 in Arizona. In L. M. Meyer (Ed.), No Child Left Bilingual? An analysis of U.S. educational policy and its impacts on English Language Learners, their school programs, parents and communities.
Wright, W. E. (2007). The situation of the Khmer language in the United States. In J. T. Tsuchida, J. M. Benitez & D. S. Toji (Eds.), Education, youth, leadership, labor: Asian Pacific American and Latino perspectives (pp. 113-150). Long Beach, CA: Center for Asian Pacific American Studies, California State University, Long Beach.
Wright, W. E. (2007). A Catch-22 for language learners. In Best of Educational Leadership, 2006-2007 (pp. 22-27). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Wright, W. E. (2006). Meeting the Needs of Newcomer Non-Spanish-Speaking ELLs: A Case Study of Two Cambodian Students in a Suburban Intermediate School. In M. Cowart & P. Dam (Eds.), Cultural and linguistic issues for English language learners (pp. 108-141). Arlington, VA & San Marcos, TX: CANH NAM Publishers, Inc. &
Texas Woman’s University.
Wright, W. E. (2006). What is the difference between English as a second language and sheltered instruction/SDAIE? In E. Hamayan & R. Freeman (Eds.), English Language Learners at School: A Guide for Administrators (pp. 87-88). Philadelphia: Caslon, Inc.
Wright, W. E. (2006). What are the state mandates for educating English language learners? In E. Hamayan & R. Freeman (Eds.), English Language Learners at School: A Guide for Administrators (pp. 10-12). Philadelphia: Caslon, Inc.
Wright, W. E. (2003). The Success and Demise of a Khmer (Cambodian) Bilingual Education Program: A Case Study. In C. C. Park, A. L. Goodwin, & S. J. Lee (Eds.), Asian American Identities, Families, and Schooling: Research on the Education of Asian Pacific Americans (pp. 225-252). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Wright, W. E. (1999). Linguistic Perspective on the Education of Cambodian-American Students. In C. C. Park & M. M. Chi’s Asian American Education: Prospects and Challenges (pp. 285-303).
Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey.
Wright, W. E., & Sung, K. (Forthcoming). Teacher’s SEI views and practices. In M. B. Arias & C. Faltis (Eds.), Implementing English Language Learning Policy in Arizona: An examination of legal, historical and current practices of SEI.
Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.
Conference Proceedings
Wright, W. E. (2005). Language Policy Issues Reported in the U.S. Press. In J. Cohen, K. T. McCallister, K. Rolstand, & J. MacSwan (Eds.) Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism (pp. 2369-2384).
Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Encyclopedia Articles
Ricento, T. R. & Wright, W. E. (2007). Language Policy and Education in the United States. Encyclopedia of Language and Education (2nd ed., pp. 285-300).
New York: Springer Science and Business Media, Inc.
Wright, W. E., & Wu, H. (2008). Southeast Asian refugees, impact. In J. M. Gonzalez (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education (pp. 761-767). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Wright, W. E. (2008). Proposition 203 (Arizona). In J. M. Gonzalez (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education (pp. 684-688). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Wright, W. E. (2008). Primary language support. In J. M. Gonzalez (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education (pp. 666-668). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Wright, W. E. (2008). No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Title I. In J. M. Gonzalez (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education (pp. 607-612). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Wright, W. E. (2008). No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Title III. In J. M. Gonzalez (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education (pp. 612-616). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Wright, W. E. (2008). Pull-out ESL Instruction. In J. M. Gonzalez (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education (pp. 704-707). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Research Reports
Wright, W. E. & Choi, D. (2005). Voices from the Classroom: A Statewide Survey of 3rd Grade English Language Learner Teachers on the Impact of Language and High-Stakes Testing Policies in Arizona. Tempe, AZ: Language Policy Research Unit, Education Policy Studies Laboratory, Arizona State University. Available: http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/EPRU/documents/EPSL-0512-104-LPRU.pdf
De Klerk, G., Wright, W. E., & Ramirez, J. D. (2005). NCLB Title III, Part A-Scientifically-Based Research Studies in Bilingual and English as a Second Language Programs. New York: Long Island University and State Education Department Office of Bilingual Education, Spanish Language Bilingual/ESL Education Technical Assistance Center. Available: http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/education/sbetac/resources/Scientifically-based%20research.pdf
Wright, W. E. & Pu, C. (2005). Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in Post Proposition 203 Arizona. Tempe, AZ: Education Policy Studies Laboratory, Language Policy Research Unit. Available: http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/EPRU/documents/EPSL-0509-103-LPRU.pdf
Wright, W. E. (2005). Evolution of Federal Policy and Implications of No Child Left Behind for Language Minority Students. Tempe, AZ: Language Policy Research Unit, Education Policy Studies Laboratory, Arizona State University. Available: http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/EPRU/documents/EPSL-0501-101-LPRU.pdf
Book Reviews
Wright, W. E. (2006). Review of H. D. Adamson’s (2005) Language Minority Children in American Schools: An Education in English. Language Policy (DOI: 10.1007/s10993-006-9022-7).
Wright, W. E. (2006). Review of R. Freeman’s (2004) Building on Community Bilingualism: Promoting Multiculturalism through Schooling. Language Policy, 5, 115-119.
Wright, W. E. (2003). Review of M. Weinberg’s (1997) Asian American Education: Historical and Contemporary Contexts. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2(2), 127-135.
Wright, W. E. (2002). Review of L. Tse’s, (2001) Why Don’t They Learn English? Separating Fact from Fallacy in the U.S. Language Debates. Education Review [On-line], 162. Available: http://www.coe.asu.edu/edrev/reviews/rev162.htm
Wright, W. E. (2002). Review of G. E. Hall & S. M. Hord’s (2001) Implementing Change: Patterns, Principals, and Potholes. Education Review [On-line], 169. Available: http://www.coe.asu.edu/edrev/reviews/rev169.htm
Professional Newsletter Articles
Wright, W. E. (2008). Message from the Editor. TexTESOL II News, 27(1), 1.
Wright, W. E. (2006). Primary language support: Using ELL students’ native language(s) to make English more comprehensible. Newsletter of the Texas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Region Two, 25(1), 3-4.
Wright, W. E. (1996). Report on the 1st Annual Asian Languages Literacy and Literacy Institute of the California Reading and Literature Project. California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter.
Editorials, Letters to the Editor, and Op. Ed. Pieces
Wright, W. E. (2006, December 24). Proposal Exploits Kids. San Antonio Express News, 4H.
Wright, W. E. (2004, September 1). Arizona Plan Will Harm Those it Seeks to Aid. Education Week, 24(1), 45.
Wright, W. E. (2002, August 2). Commentary: Measuring Student Performance: High Stakes Exams Divert Attention, Resources from Education’s Real Problems. Arizona Capital Times, 103(31), Education Supplement, E10, E13.
Wright, W. E. (2001, June 8). My Turn: Take Page from
Calif. Book on Class Size.
Arizona
Republic, p. 4.
Other Publications
Human Rights and Community Outreach Projects of Cambodia. (1994). (a bilingual magazine in English and Khmer (Cambodian) which I produced for a Human Rights organization of the same name for whom I worked. Edited articles, wrote content, Translated articles written in Khmer to English, and created layout).