Assessing English Language Learners (Multimedia Kit): A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development

Help participants use assessments that promote bilingual proficiency and educational equity for English language learners!

Designed around the best-selling book, this comprehensive multimedia presentation offers staff developers the materials to help teachers equitably assess the language proficiency and academic achievement of English language learners (ELLs). Facilitators and participants will examine an assessment framework for ELLs and explore issues that include:

• Assessments for listening, speaking, reading, and writing
• Differentiated instruction and assessment in math, science, and social studies
• The effectiveness of rubrics for ELLs
• Grading policies and their implications for ELLs
• Standards-based performance measures that complement standardized tools for ELLs

Includes: VHS Videotape (47 min.), DVD, CD-ROM With Power Point Slides, Facilitator’s Guide, Companion Book