Authentic Assessessment and ELLs - created from Mind Map

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Big Idea #1 Anticipate criteria

What is the best approach for assessing students when it comes to performance based assessments?<br><br><ul><li>Answer- Try not

to assess

them on more

than three items

at a time.</li></ul>

Big Idea #2 Anticipate the task<br><br><ul><li>Although an ELL student may master academic language, it is important that we teach them other ways of thinking and problem solving such as knowledge comprehension, application, analysis, and synthesis of given information.</li></ul>

Big Idea #3 One lump of language or two?<br><br><ul><li>Traditional assessment plus authentic assessment=sweet!

A multiple choice test accompanied by role playing or retelling stories.

Perhaps a t/f quiz accompanied by a debate or reading with partners.</li></ul>