Download or read book Common Language Assessment for English Learners written by Margo Gottlieb and published by Solution Tree. This book was released on 2012 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Common Language Assessment for English Learners demonstrates to educators how to engage in collaborative assessment for English learners that yields meaningful information for and about these students¿ language learning, builds in student self-assessment, and informs language instruction. Author Margo Gottlieb presents an innovative assessment framework around home-grown language data for teachers, school leaders, and administrators and provides evidence for instructional decision making based on reliable results.The book:¿Makes the case for common language assessment, and elaborates five phases¿planning, design, refinement, inspection, and maintenance¿involved in implementing it ¿Examines the status of language education in U.S. schools, defines the features of common instructional assessment, and illustrates how a standards-referenced common language assessment can be built¿Describes the importance of auditing current assessment practices, and emphasizes the need to balance different forms of assessment

Download or read book Valid Reliable and Appropriate Assessments for Adult English Language Learners written by Dorry Kenyon and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ensuring that language tests for adult English language learners are appropriate, valid, and reliable is a challenge. Performance-based assessments are complex to develop and implement. Yet, because the focus of assessment, both in the National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) descriptors and in the Department of Education's definition of content standards, is on what learners can do with the language, performance assessments are worth developing and validating. As program staff choose assessments that meet current accountability requirements, they can take the following steps to ensure that valid, reliable, and appropriate assessments are chosen for their learners: (1) Review the assessment and technical information provided by the test developer to determine that what the assessment purports to measure reflects real-life tasks; Review the technical manual to ascertain that the test developers have demonstrated that reliability can be achieved; and provide adequate resources to train test administrators and raters to maintain reliability of test administration and scoring; and (2) Post-test only after an adequate amount of instructional time has taken place to demonstrate level gain (currently, assessment of learner gains is based on the NRS descriptors; over the next few years, content standards will be implemented as well.).

Download or read book A Practical Guide to Assessing English Language Learners written by Christine Anne Coombe and published by University of Michigan Press ELT. This book was released on 2007 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Effective Ways to Assess English Language Learners written by Felipe Cofreros Ph.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Effective Ways To Assess English Language Learners [For Intermediate and Advanced Levels] by Felipe Cofreros who has also authored three basic Art Books with Rex Book Corporation in Manila, Philippines and several Children’s Picture Books with Xlibris Publishing Company in Indiana, United States of America promotes accurate placement for quality Instruction and helps students make process rapidly. This book serves as a tool to evaluate students to accurately and reliably place them within a program that best meets their needs. -- Ronald Jay Blassingame Ph.D., former English as a Second Language [ESL], Work Orientation Program Supervisor, International Catholic Migration Commission [ICMC], Philippine Refugee Processing Center [PRPC], Bata-an, Philippines “Effective Ways To Assess English Language Learners [For Intermediate and Advanced Levels] written by Felipe Cofreros, a multi-talented author, newspaper and magazine editor is very useful in teaching English as a Second Language [ESL] to the learners in different levels. This book is very handy for the teachers in the assessment of skills mastered. The instructional directions in taking the tests are easy to follow. I highly recommend this book for teachers and students in the elementary, high school and college and nurses who are preparing to take their English exams as a review book. -- Leonor Antoja Verano, former English as a Second Language [ESL] teacher, International Catholic Migration Commission [ICMC], Preparation For American Secondary School [PASS] Program , Philippine Refugee Processing Center[PRPC], Bata-an, Philippines “Effective Ways To Assess English Language Learners [For Intermediate and Advanced Levels] written by Felipe Cofreros, a former International Catholic Migration Commission [ICMC} English as a Second Language [ESL] teacher and a feature writer/contributor to the ICMC Digest, the offi cial newsletter of the said company during the early 1990’s, a multi-gifted artist, mentor, editor and author of more than a dozen Children’s Picture Books with illustrations and comprehension questions; A Pre-School Math Workbook and a book about Japan: Its People and Culture is another indispensable addendum that could be used as pre-tests or diagnostic tests in the high school department or perhaps the intermediate grades providing the mentors a much-needed guidance in the lesson planning side by side with their prescribed students’ textbooks. Precisely, this won’t only enrich the present English curriculum but also worth-inspiring to every teaching enthusiast who wishes to measure the learning progress of their students periodically.Matsy Balan-eg Tumacdang, former English as a Second Language [ESL] teacher, International Catholic Migration Commission [ICMC], Philippine Refugee Processing Center [PRPC], Bata-an, Philippines

Download or read book Building a Validity Argument for the Test of English as a Foreign LanguageTM written by Carol A. Chapelle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building a Validity Argument for the Test of English as a Foreign LanguageTM is distinctive in its attempt to develop a coherent story of the rationale for a test or its revision, explain the research and development process, and provide the results of the validation process. This volume is particularly relevant for professionals and graduate students in educational measurement, applied linguistics, and second language acquisition as well as anyone interested in assessment issues.

Download or read book The Validity of Administering Large scale Content Assessments to English Language Learners written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Focus on Assessment Oxford Key Concepts for the Language Classroom written by Eunice Eunhee Jang and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps teachers understand research evidence in language assessment for students aged 5-18, and to develop an ability to design, implement and critically evaluate language assessment, with reference to language frameworks and standards for assessment in school education.

Download or read book Performance Assessment Vs Standardized Tests written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Relationships Between Self assessments and Other Measures of Proficiency in the Case of Adult Foreign Language Learners written by Patrick Blanche and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Language Assessment for Adult Learners of English as a Second Language in Not for profit Settings written by Seth R. Arnold and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reviews of English Language Proficiency Tests written by J. Charles Alderson and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 1987 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide contains descriptive and evaluative information on 47 major commercially-available English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) tests in current use around the world. For each test, the following information is provided: complete title; acronym; publication date; targeted audience; intended purpose; scoring method; administration type (group or individual); test length; test components; costs; author(s); publisher, including complete address and telephone number; a review, which includes a description of the test and discussion of its reliability, validity, and related issues; and test and reviewer's references. An introductory section offers guidance on the use of the reviews, uses and misuses of testing, and purposes of testing (placement, measuring achievement, diagnosis, measuring proficiency). In addition, two sections provide an introduction to ESL proficiency testing in North America and an overview of ESL testing in Britain. (MSE)

Download or read book Self assessment of Foreign Language Skills written by Mats Oskarsson and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A review of research in self-assessment techniques for foreign language skills is based on a survey of the literature and the results of a survey of teachers, researchers, and administrators in adult education centers in many areas of the world. Two late 1970s surveys of self-assessment research and pilot experiments concerning the general validity and usefulness of learners' estimates are described, and more recent research is reviewed. A growing body of research on the use of self-assessment procedures for continuous evaluation purposes is also examined, and the survey results are reported. The pattern emerging is of consistent overall agreement of self-estimates and external criteria, but the need for practice in autonomous learning and self-directed evaluation is emphasized in some of the sources, and it is suggested that teacher training in these areas is a further prerequisite for effective development of self-evaluation techniques. A variety of self-assessment aids are described and illustrated, and it is noted that the kind of instrument seeming to yield the most accurate information consists of descriptions of concrete linguistic situations that the learner can interpret and evaluate in behavioral terms. Implications of the findings and areas needing further study are discussed. (Author/MSE)

Download or read book From Testing to Assessment written by Clifford Hill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1994 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book Assessing English Language Learners written by Margo Gottlieb and published by Corwin. This book was released on 2006-01-13 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `With all the offerings that Margo Gottlieb provides in this book, she makes us yearn to not only cross the bridge of assessment, but also to feel confident when we get to the other side.′ -From the Foreword by Else Hamayan Illinois Resource Center `This book is long overdue! Appropriate assessment and placement of ELLs is the most basic of all instructional processes. Without this, we cannot be sure we can measure student progress or address individual instructional needs.′ -Margarita Calderón, Research Scientist Center for Data-Driven Reform, Johns Hopkins University `Here, finally, we have a text that empowers teachers by giving them practical strategies for harnessing assessments of language and content in ways that benefit their teaching and their students′ learning.′ -Timothy Boals, WIDA Consortium Director, Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction `Assessing English Language Learners includes a multitude of evaluation instruments that readers can use as they assess their students. Margo Gottlieb helps teachers adjust assessment to different language proficiency levels and then evaluate language proficiency and content learning appropriately.′ -David E. Freeman, Yvonne S. Freeman, Professors, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Texas, Brownsville Discover how to bridge the gap between equitably assessing linguistic and academic performance! Student assessment is the cornerstone of standards-based education. For the growing population of English Language Learners, however, measuring their acquisition and learning is a multifaceted process. This well-documented text examines the unique needs of English Language Learners and describes strategies for implementing instructional assessment of language and content. With both depth and breadth, this practical resource covers how to equitably and comprehensively assess the language proficiency and academic achievement of English Language Learners. Both practicing and aspiring educators will benefit from Rubrics, charts, checklists, surveys, and other ready-to-use tools Professional development activities An integrated approach to teaching standards, language, and content Guidance on how best to address standardized testing and grading Use this timely text to advance the academic language proficiency of English Language Learners through enhanced teaching and assessment techniques.

Download or read book Benefits and Limitations of Assessments for English Language Learners written by Frances K. McClurken and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Performance Assessments for Adult Education written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, the nomenclature of adult education includes adult literacy, adult secondary education, and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) services provided to undereducated and limited English proficient adults. Those receiving adult education services have diverse reasons for seeking additional education. With the passage of the WIA, the assessment of adult education students became mandatory-regardless of their reasons for seeking services. The law does allow the states and local programs flexibility in selecting the most appropriate assessment for the student. The purpose of the NRC's workshop was to explore issues related to efforts to measure learning gains in adult basic education programs, with a focus on performance-based assessments.

Download or read book Language Assessment written by H. Douglas Brown and published by Pearson PTR Interactive. This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features: Solid foundation in the basics of validity and reliability, as well as all of the different forms of assessment Concise, comprehensive treatment of all four skills includes classification of assessment techniques. Thorough examination of standards-based assessment and standardized testing. Practical examples illustrate principles. End-of-chapter exercises and suggested additional readings provide opportunities for further exploration.