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Assessment and Accountability in Language Education Programs: A Guide for Administrators and Teachers

By: Margo Gottlieb Diep Nguyen

Gottlieb and Nguyen have created an excellent guide to developing a comprehensive assessment framework that can be used across a wide variety of language education programs.

Using Informal Assessment in the Classroom

young kid writing on a large piece of paper

Assessment plays a variety of roles in the instruction of English language learners (ELLs).

No Child Left Behind and the Assessment of English Language Learners

Guidelines for the Assessment of English Language Learners

This report by the Educational Testing Service provides an excellent discussion of a wide range of topics related to assessment for ELLs.

Analysis of a PARCC ELA Assessment Task Through an ELL Lens (Part 1)

Since teachers will need to plan their CCSS-based instruction around the CCSS standards as well as the CCSS-based assessments, I thought it would be helpful in part 1 of this post to dissect a sample test task from an ELL point of view in order to take a closer look at what the item might mean for ELLs and those who teach them.

Literacy Assessment of Second Language Learners

By: Sandra Rollins Hurley Josefina Villamil Tinajero

Product Description: Literacy Assessment of Second Language Learners consists of articles written specifically for this book by national and international experts and teachers in the field of literacy/bilingual assessment.

Identification and Assessment of Multilingual Learners

Middle school student at computer with headphones

What are the federal requirements related to the identification of multilingual learners (MLs)?

Instructional Suggestions for ELLs: PARCC Assessment Task (Part 2)

A young boy writing and there is also a book open in front of him.

in this week’s post, I’ll suggest some instructional strategies that teachers of ELLs can use to prepare their students for this type of task that their ELLs will encounter on the PARCC exam in English language arts/Literacy.

Performance Counts: Assessment Systems that Support High-Quality Learning

A new white paper written by Stanford researcher Linda Darling-Hammond describes what a student assessment system could look like if built from the principles and best practices found in current research and effective programs in the U.S.

Developing Kindergarten Readiness and Other Large-Scale Assessment Systems

The Center for Applied Research at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has developed new guidance to support states' development and implementation of kindergarten readiness assessment systems.

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