In the face of a growing population in the world, an increase in the number of large-scale or standardized testing practices in various contexts has been observed not only to measure individuals' achievement and proficiency but also to serve political, social, economic and ideological functions. In Turkey, English language teacher recruitment is…

In response to increasingly multilingual and multicultural demographics in U.S. K12 schools, scholars have called for more equity and social justice orientations to teacher leadership. In this dissertation, I argue that this call is especially pertinent for ESOL Teacher Leaders (ELTs) who manage rapidly-growing language support programs for…