Classroom Assessment for ESL Students

Catalog description

Candidates will demonstrate an understanding of the purposes of assessment and various assessment issues such as accountability, bias, language proficiency, and accommodations in formal and informal testing situations as they pertain to English Language Learners (ELLs). Candidates will use a variety of standards-based language proficiency assessment instruments and assessments that are used for identification, placement, and reclassification of ELLs. Candidates will use a variety of performance-based assessment tools, strategies, techniques, technology, and other classroom resources to conduct formative and summative assessments that will inform instruction of ELLs. Field experiences required. Prerequisite: EDEL-515