Dual Language Assessment

Catalog description

The course focuses on the selection, evaluation, and design of means for assessing the oral and written language proficiency and academic achievement of bilingual and ESL students. Critical review of standardized tests as well as alternative and informal assessment techniques and instruments, consideration of relationships between first and second language proficiency, and academic achievement and sociocultural dimensions of testing and assessment. Prerequisites: Admission to the MED program or consent of the instructor. Crosslisted with: BLED 610 .