ISBN: 9781935249573

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 t… More...

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 Media ><