This week’s blog post will focus on the new edTPA assessment for English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher candidates and how the edTPA ties in to the Common Core.
Assessment of English Language Learners
This website features Dr. Lorraine Valdez Pierce, discussing effective classroom strategies for assessing English language learners.
This book provides a tool for teachers to understand various instructional frameworks underlying diagnostic teaching techniques. Presents new techniques for decoding and identifying words within a balanced framework.
Assessment
Paula discusses three types of assesment: as learning, for learning, and of learning.
See more of the interview: http://www.colorincolorado.org/multimedia/experts/video/markus/
This handbook offers ELL and mainstream teachers a number of tools and strategies they can use to help ELLs become successful writers.
ELL assessment validity
Joanne describes some of the questions and concerns that were raised about ELL accountability during the National Conversations. See more of the interview: ...
Authentic assessment
Cindy reflects on the purposes of a useful and thoughtful assessments. See more of the interview: ...