what are some common assessments given?
- ACCESS for ELs: a standards-based, criterion referenced English language proficiency test designed to measure English learners' social and academic proficiency in English. This test assesses social and instructional English as well as the language associated with language arts, math, science, and social studies within the school context across the four language domains.
- W-APT: a screening instrument designed to assess English language proficiency primarily to determine eligibility for and placement within an EL program.
what are some different assessment techniques?
- Analytic Teaching: when you analyze a student's behavior while they are engaged in instructional situations
- Cross-Cultural Interview: when you discuss the cultural and linguistic background of the student in order to determine whether a student's behaviors are culturally or linguistically appropriate
- Language Samples/Journaling: when you use journal writing or language samples to have students document what they have learned and teachers assess thinking processes as well as other literacy skills
- Observations: when you firsthand observe and record classroom and learning behaviors
- Review of Existing Records: when you review various student school records to determine instructional history
- Work Sample Analysis: when you analyze student work samples to identify patterns, inconsistencies, strengths, and weaknesses in learning
- Task Analysis: when you break down learning into discrete parts in order to analyze student learning and thinking abilities
- Running Records: when you use written narrative to record an observation completed over a specified time period