1st Edition

Assessing English Language Learners Theory and Practice

By Guillermo Solano Flores Copyright 2016
190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

Assessing English Language Learners explains and illustrates the main ideas underlying assessment as an activity intimately linked to instruction and the basic principles for developing, using, selecting, and adapting assessment instruments and strategies to assess content knowledge in English language learners (ELLs). Sensitive to the professional development needs of both in-service and... Read more

BRIEF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

      

1

UNDERSTANDING ASSESSMENT

 

2

LANGUAGE, ASSESSMENT, AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

 

3

ASSESSMENT, COGNITION, AND CULTURE

 

4

ASSESSING LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

 

5

ASSESSING CONTENT KNOWLEDGE

 

6

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

 

7

ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY RESOURCES

 

8

CONTENT AND RESPONSE PROCESSES

 

9

ITEM AND TEST PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES

Biography

Guillermo Solano-Flores is Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, USA.