Assessment Guide for Multilingual Learners

Assessment Guide for Multilingual Learners

1. Initial Assessment will determine students eligibility and placement in EL programs

   • According to federal laws school districts are legally obligated to identify English learners.
     • School Districts use a Home Language Survey Form to determine if students are exposed to other languages at home. If a student is identified as a language minority he is referred for language proficiency assessment.
       • School districts in Alabama use the WIDA Screener K-12 to determine students' language proficiency level and placement in EL programs.

2. Ongoing Assessments provide continuous feedback on instruction effectiveness and students' progress. Educators use a combination of traditional and authentic assessments to serve different purposes. In Addition, School districts are part of testing programs for accountability purposes.

   • Testing Programs in which multilingual learners participate and are designed to make schools, districts, and state education agencies accountable for ML's educational progress. ALSDE has established yearly growth calculations utilizing Access Proficiency Scores.
   • Traditional assessments
     • -Selecting a Response -Contrived -Recall/recognition -Teacher structured -Indirect Evidence
   • Authentic Assesments
     • -Performing a task - Real-Life -Construction/ Application -Student structured -Direct Evidence
       • Performance-Based assessments are based on classroom instruction and everyday tasks.
         • Oral Reports Presentations Demonstrations Written assignments Portfolios
         • Tasks are assignments given to students that assess their ability to apply standard driven knowledge and skills to real-world challenges.
           • Rubrics area scoring scale used to assess students performance along with a task-specific set of criteria.
           • For Computer Science, high school students can develop a website or an app to solve a particular problem or meet a criteria.
         • Standards are the first step in the process of creating authentic assessments. to effectively teach or assess students educators need to determine what they should know and be able to do. (backward design).
       • Portfolio Assessments assess students' work throughout the year.
         • Samples of written work Drawings, tape oral work ,Teachers descriptions of students. accomplishments
       • Assessing Content Knowledge. ELLs need our help to exercise their critical thinking skills. Assessment techniques such as scaffolding, differentiation, and accommodations will allow ELLs demonstrate their content knowledge.

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