A Practical Guide To Assessing English Language Learners

Author : Christine Anne Coombe,Keith S. Folse,Nancy J. Hubley
Publisher : University of Michigan Press ELT
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015079248962

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A Practical Guide to Assessing English Language Learners by Christine Anne Coombe,Keith S. Folse,Nancy J. Hubley Pdf

For many teachers of English language learners, the field of assessment is foreign territory. Assessment has its own culture, traditions, and terminology. This training guide is intended to help classroom teachers become more comfortable creating and using assessments. A Practical Guide to Assessing English Language Learners provides helpful insights into the practice and terminology of assessment. The text focuses on providing the cornerstones of good assessments—usefulness, validity, reliability, practicality, washback, authenticity, transparency, and security—and techniques for testing. It devotes a chapter to the assessment of each of the four main skill areas (reading, writing, listening, and speaking), and also covers placement testing, such as using TOEFL® and MELAB, diagnostic testing, evaluation, and instructional decision-making with regard to testing. Tips to improve students’ test-taking strategies are offered, and each chapter ends with a helpful list of Ten Things to Remember, as well as informative case studies featuring two teachers and their assessment decisions. Incorporating its own principles, A Practical Guide to Assessing English Language Learners opens with a short quiz for the reader called Are You Testwise? that quickly determines how each teacher will benefit from this indispensable guide.

Author : Guillermo Solano Flores
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134073504

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Assessing English Language Learners by Guillermo Solano Flores Pdf

Assessing English Language Learners explains and illustrates the main ideas underlying assessment as an activity intimately linked to instruction and the basic principles for developing, using, selecting, and adapting assessment instruments and strategies to assess content knowledge in English language learners (ELLs). Sensitive to the professional development needs of both in-service and pre-service mainstream teachers with ELLs in their classrooms and those receiving formal training to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students, the text is designed to engage readers in viewing assessment as a critical part of teaching appreciating that assessments provide teachers with valuable information about their students’ learning and thinking becoming aware of the relationship among language, culture, and testing understanding the reasoning that guides test construction recognizing the limitations of testing practices being confident that assessment is an activity classroom teachers (not only accountability specialists) can perform Highlighting alternative, multidisciplinary approaches that address linguistic and cultural diversity in testing, this text, enhanced by multiple field-tested exercises and examples of different forms of assessment, is ideal for any course covering the theory and practice of ELL assessment.

Author : Robert L. Rhodes,Salvador Hector Ochoa,Samuel O. Ortiz
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-04-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1606237438

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Assessing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Robert L. Rhodes,Salvador Hector Ochoa,Samuel O. Ortiz Pdf

This is the first book to present a practical, problem-solving approach and hands-on tools and techniques for assessing English language learners and culturally diverse students in K-12 settings. It meets a crucial need among practitioners and special educators working in today's schools. Provided are research-based, step-by-step procedures for conducting effective interviews with students, parents, and teachers; making the best use of interpreters; addressing special issues in the prereferral process; and conducting accurate, unbiased assessments of academic achievement, intellectual functioning, language proficiency, and acculturation. Among the book's special features are reproducible worksheets, questionnaires, and checklists--including several in both English and Spanish--in a ready-to-use, large-size format. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by T. Chris Riley-Tillman.

Author : Kate Mahoney
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781783097289

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The Assessment of Emergent Bilinguals by Kate Mahoney Pdf

This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the assessment of students in K-12 schools who use two or more languages in their daily life: English Language Learners (ELLs), or Emergent Bilinguals. The book includes a thorough examination of the policy, history and assessment/measurement issues that educators should understand in order to best advocate for their students. The author presents a decision-making framework called PUMI (Purpose, Use, Method, Instrument) that practitioners can use to better inform assessment decisions for bilingual children. The book will be an invaluable resource in teacher preparation programs, but will also help policy-makers and educators make better decisions to support their students.

Author : Margo Gottlieb
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781506342153

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Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges to Educational Equity by Margo Gottlieb Pdf

Build the bridges for English language learners to reach success! This thoroughly updated edition of Gottlieb’s classic delivers a complete set of tools, techniques, and ideas for planning and implementing instructional assessment of ELLs. The book includes: A focus on academic language use in every discipline, from mathematics to social studies, within and across language domains Emphasis on linguistically and culturally responsive assessment as a key driver for measuring academic achievement A reconceptualization of assessment “as,” “for,” and “of” learning Reflection questions to stimulate discussion around how students, teachers, and administrators can all have a voice in decision making

Author : J. Michael O'Malley,Lorraine Valdez Pierce
Publisher : Longman
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0201591510

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Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners by J. Michael O'Malley,Lorraine Valdez Pierce Pdf

This practical resource book will familiarize teachers, staff developers, and administrators with the latest thinking on alternatives to traditional assessment. It will prepare them to implement authentic assessment in the ESL/bilingual classroom and to incorporate it into instructional planning.

Author : Noriko Nagai,Gregory C. Birch,Jack V. Bower,Maria Gabriela Schmidt
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811558948

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CEFR-informed Learning, Teaching and Assessment by Noriko Nagai,Gregory C. Birch,Jack V. Bower,Maria Gabriela Schmidt Pdf

This book is a practical guide to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEFR) (Council of Europe 2001) and the CEFR Companion Volume (CEFR/ CV; COE 2018), which have increasingly been used to inform the language policies and teaching practices of countries within and outside of Europe. It helps practitioners to (i) grasp essential and core concepts of the Common European Framework of Reference, (ii) identify parts of the CEFR and the CEFR/CV as well as other CEFR-related resources and documents that are relevant for readers’ different purposes, and (iii) utilise and adapt these resources for their own needs. Written by practitioners for practitioners, this hands-on guide covers the philosophy of the CEFR, curricula, assessment, learner autonomy, the task-based approach, and teacher development. Logically explaining all aspects of the framework and its application, this manual helps readers deal with many of the difficulties encountered when using CEFR and the CEFR CV. The book will appeal to a wide audience, including teacher educators; curriculum and materials developers; examination boards unfamiliar with the CEFR; university language departments and language centres responsible for developing their own curricula, teaching/learning approaches and assessment instruments; and policy-makers wanting to learn more about the implications of adopting the CEFR. It is a guidebook, a reference book and a workbook all in your hand.

Author : Lori Helman,Anne C. Ittner,Kristen L. McMaster
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781462540884

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Assessing Language and Literacy with Bilingual Students by Lori Helman,Anne C. Ittner,Kristen L. McMaster Pdf

From expert authors, this book guides educators to conduct assessments that inform daily instruction and identify the assets that emergent bilinguals bring to the classroom. Effective practices are reviewed for screening, assessment, and progress monitoring in the areas of oral language, beginning reading skills, vocabulary and comprehension in the content areas, and writing. The book also addresses how to establish schoolwide systems of support that incorporate family and community engagement. Packed with practical ideas and vignettes, the book focuses on grades K–6, but also will be useful to middle and high school teachers. Appendices include reproducible forms that can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Author : Margo Gottlieb
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781544394503

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Classroom Assessment in Multiple Languages by Margo Gottlieb Pdf

What if multilingual learners had the freedom to interact in more than one language with their peers during classroom assessment? What if multilingual learners and their teachers in dual language settings had opportunities to use assessment data in multiple languages to make decisions? Just imagine the rich linguistic, academic, and cultural reservoirs we could tap as we determine what our multilingual learners know and can do. Thankfully, Margo Gottlieb is here to provide concrete and actionable guidance on how to create assessment systems that enable understanding of the whole student, not just that fraction of the student who is only visible as an English learner. With Classroom Assessment in Multiple Languages as your guide, you’ll: Better understand the rationale for and evidence on the value and advantages of classroom assessment in multiple languages Add to your toolkit of classroom assessment practices in one or multiple languages Be more precise and effective in your assessment of multilingual learners by embedding assessment as, for, and of learning into your instructional repertoire Recognize how social-emotional, content, and language learning are all tied to classroom assessment Guide multilingual learners in having voice and choice in the assessment process Despite the urgent need, assessment for multilingual learners is generally tucked into a remote chapter, if touched upon at all in a book; the number of resources narrows even more when multiple languages are brought into play. Here at last is that single resource on how educators and multilingual learners can mutually value languages and cultures in instruction and assessment throughout the school day and over time. We encourage you to get started right away. “Margo Gottlieb has demonstrated why the field, particularly the field as it involves the teaching of multilingual learners, needs another assessment book, particularly a book like this. . . . Classroom Assessment in Multiple Languages quite likely could serve as a catalyst toward the beginning of an enlightened discourse around assessment that will benefit multilingual learners.” ~Kathy Escamilla

Author : Christine Coombe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-30
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781107017146

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The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Assessment by Christine Coombe Pdf

"The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Assessment aims to present in one volume an up-to-date guide to the central areas of assessing the second language performance of English by speakers of other languages. This volume provides snapshots of significant issues and trends that have shaped language assessment in the past and highlights the current state of our understanding of these issues"--

Author : Lorraine Valdez Pierce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026620380

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Assessing English Language Learners by Lorraine Valdez Pierce Pdf

Author : Danijela Prošić-Santovac,Shelagh Rixon
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781788924832

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Integrating Assessment into Early Language Learning and Teaching by Danijela Prošić-Santovac,Shelagh Rixon Pdf

The volume unites research and practice on integrating language learning, teaching and assessment at preschool and early school age. It includes chapters written by experts in the field who have studied some of the very youngest (pre-primary) children through to those up to the age of 12, in a variety of private and state contexts across Europe. The collection makes a much-needed contribution to the subject of appropriate assessment for children with the focus of many chapters being classroom-based assessment, particularly formative assessment, or the case for developing assessment skills in relation to even the youngest children. As a whole, the book provides useful case study insights for policymakers, teacher educators, researchers and postgraduate students with interest in or responsibility for how children are assessed in their language learning. It also provides practical ideas for practitioners who wish to implement greater integration of assessment and learning in their own contexts.

Author : Jay McTighe,Steve Ferrara
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807765401

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Assessing Student Learning by Design by Jay McTighe,Steve Ferrara Pdf

"How might we might help teachers use classroom assessments to gather appropriate evidence for all valued learning goals? How might our classroom assessments serve to promote learning, not just measure it? This book addresses these questions by offering a practical and proven Assessment Planning Framework. The Framework examines four different types of learning goals, considers various purposes and audiences for assessment, reviews five categories of assessment methods, and presents options for communicating results. This updated edition addresses the assessment of academic standards as well as transdisciplinary outcomes (e.g., 21st century skills), and describes the principles and practices underlying standards-based grading"--

Author : Elizabeth Coelho
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847697202

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Language and Learning in Multilingual Classrooms by Elizabeth Coelho Pdf

This book offers practical research-based advice for teachers and other educators on how to adapt school and classroom procedures, curriculum content, and instructional strategies in order to provide a supportive learning environment for students of minority language backgrounds who are learning the language of instruction at the same time as they are learning the curriculum.

Author : Christine Anne Coombe,Nancy J. Hubley
Publisher : Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : English language
ISBN : 1931185077

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Assessment Practices by Christine Anne Coombe,Nancy J. Hubley Pdf

This volume showcases assessment in its myriad forms: classroom assessment, formal testing, program evaluation, curriculum renewal, and self-assessment of teaching and learning. The studies, set in Egypt, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States, document and analyze assessment design and development, implementation, and review. This volume will interest teachers, testers, and language educators alike.