A Guide To Assessment Instruments For Limited English Speaking Students

Author : Barbara P. Pletcher
Publisher : Santillana USA Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
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Download or read book A Guide to Assessment Instruments for Limited English Speaking Students written by Barbara P. Pletcher and published by Santillana USA Publishing Company. This book was released on 1978 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Florin Mihai
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472034359
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assessing English Language Learners in the Content Areas written by Florin Mihai and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-06-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessing English Language Learners in the Content Areas: A Research-into-Practice Guide for Educators seeks to provide guidance to classroom teachers, staff developers, and test-item designers who want to improve ELL assessment outcomes, particularly in the areas of math, science and social studies. The first two chapters of the book establish the background for the discussion of content-area assessment for ELLs, examining several important characteristics of this rapidly growing student population (as well as critical legislation affecting ELLs) and providing a description of various forms of assessment, including how ELL assessment is different from the assessment of English-proficient students. Important assessment principles that educators should use in their evaluation of tests or other forms of measurement are provided. Other chapters review ELL test accommodations nationwide (because, surprisingly, most teachers do not know what they can and cannot allow) and the research on the effectiveness of these types of accommodations. The book analyzes the characteristics of alternative assessment; it discusses three popular alternative assessment instruments (performance assessment, curriculum-based measurement, and portfolios) and makes recommendations as to how to increase the validity, reliability, and practicality of alternative assessments. The book proposes fundamental assessment practices to help content area teachers in their evaluation of their ELL progress.

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Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert D. Martínez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
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Download or read book Assessment written by Robert D. Martínez and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309186587
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Allocating Federal Funds for State Programs for English Language Learners written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the United States continues to be a nation of immigrants and their children, the nation's school systems face increased enrollments of students whose primary language is not English. With the 2001 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the allocation of federal funds for programs to assist these students to be proficient in English became formula-based: 80 percent on the basis of the population of children with limited English proficiency1 and 20 percent on the basis of the population of recently immigrated children and youth. Title III of NCLB directs the U.S. Department of Education to allocate funds on the basis of the more accurate of two allowable data sources: the number of students reported to the federal government by each state education agency or data from the American Community Survey (ACS). The department determined that the ACS estimates are more accurate, and since 2005, those data have been basis for the federal distribution of Title III funds. Subsequently, analyses of the two data sources have raised concerns about that decision, especially because the two allowable data sources would allocate quite different amounts to the states. In addition, while shortcomings were noted in the data provided by the states, the ACS estimates were shown to fluctuate between years, causing concern among the states about the unpredictability and unevenness of program funding. In this context, the U.S. Department of Education commissioned the National Research Council to address the accuracy of the estimates from the two data sources and the factors that influence the estimates. The resulting book also considers means of increasing the accuracy of the data sources or alternative data sources that could be used for allocation purposes.

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Total Pages : 504 pages
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Author : Eugene E. Garcia
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807778109
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Young English Language Learners written by Eugene E. Garcia and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2019-07-05 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is well known that the number of non-English speakers is on the rise in the United States. What is less well known is that the largest proportion of this population is children under the age of 5. These young English language learners (ELLs) often demonstrate achievement gaps in basic math and reading skills when they start school. How best to educate this important and growing preschool population is a pressing concern for policymakers and practitioners. The chapters in this important book provide up-to-date syntheses of the research base for young ELLs on critical topics such as demographics, development of bilingualism, cognitive and neurological benefits of bilingualism, and family relationships, as well as classroom, assessment, and teacher-preparation practices. Contributors: Linda M. Espinosa, Margaret Freedson, Claudia Galindo, Fred Genesee, Donald J. Hernandez, José E. Náñez Sr., and Flora V. Rodríguez-Brown “This is a must-have for those who are working directly or indirectly with young English language learners.” —Olivia Saracho, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Author : Arnulfo G. Ramirez
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873958912
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bilingualism through Schooling written by Arnulfo G. Ramirez and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bilingualism Through Schooling is a comprehensive survey of bilingual education. It shows how bilingual schooling can have a double impact by providing students with functional second-language competence, and also contributing to their deeper understanding of culture and history. Concerned with both ethnolinguistic minority children and majority, English-speaking pupils, the book approaches bilingualism from a variety of perspectives--linguistic, psychological, and socio-cultural. Among the many topics discussed are: goals and consequences of bilingualism, sociolinguistic contexts, language attitudes, and proficiency assessment. Ramirez explores the various types of programs and techniques used to facilitate second-language acquisition and also provides guidelines for the preparation and certification of bilingual instructors. Bibliographies are included.

Author : Margo Gottlieb
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
ISBN 13 : 1936764318
Total Pages : 232 pages
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Download or read book Common Language Assessment for English Learners written by Margo Gottlieb and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to plan, implement, and evaluate common language assessments for your English learners. With this step-by-step guide, teachers, school leaders, and administrators will find organizing principles, lead questions, and action steps all directing you toward collaborative assessment. Yield meaningful information for and about EL learning preferences, build student self-assessment, and inform your instructional decision making based on reliable results.

Author : Ludo Verhoeven
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110250500
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnic Minority Children Acquiring Literacy written by Ludo Verhoeven and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts.