Assessment for English Language Learners
This section addresses the critical questions of how to properly assess and place English language learners (ELLs) at the school-wide and classroom level.
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Featured Articles
- Using Informal Assessments for English Language Learners
- Technology Review: Ellevation Software
- No Child Left Behind and the Assessment of English Language Learners
Blog Posts
- Three Strategies for Equitable Assessment of ELLs
- A Deeper Look at Smarter Balanced’s Assessment Supports for ELLs
- Administrators in Action: Four Steps for Strengthening Your EL Program
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Assessment of English Language Learners
How assessments vary among subject areas
Having trouble with the way questions are worded
Why drawing conclusions is hard for ELLs
Assessment Accommodations for ELLs
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A new approach to assessment
Reading assessment
Informal assessment
Authentic assessment
Lessons Learned: Classroom Assessments
ELL assessment and the Common Core
Preschool for ELLs: Language Learning and Assessment
Writing a paragraph with high school ELLs
ELL assessment validity
Diane August - Assessments
ELLs and Assessment
Dr. Cynthia Lundgren: Assessment and Accountability for ELLs
Assessment & ELLs
Books and Booklists
Guides and Toolkits
Research and Reports
- Developing Kindergarten Readiness and Other Large-Scale Assessment Systems
- Accommodations for English Language Learner Students: The Effect of Linguistic Modification of Math Test Item Sets
- New Measures of English Language Proficiency and Their Relationship to Performance on Large-Scale Content Assessments
- Language Accommodations for English Language Learners in Large-Scale Assessments
- Improving Assessment and Accountability for ELLs in the No Child Left Behind Act