Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges to Educational Equity: Connecting Academic Language Proficiency to Student Achievement

Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges to Educational Equity: Connecting Academic Language Proficiency to Student Achievement

<p><strong><em>Build the bridges for English language learners to reach success!</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br />This thoroughly updated edition of Gottlieb’s classic delivers a complete set of tools, techniques, and ideas for planning and implementing instructional assessment of ELLs. The book includes:</p><br /><ul><br /> <li>A focus on academic language use in every discipline, from mathematics to social studies, within and across language domains</li><br /> <li>Emphasis on linguistically and culturally responsive assessment as a key driver for measuring academic achievement</li><br /> <li>A reconceptualization of assessment “as,” “for,” and “of” learning </li><br /> <li>Reflection questions to stimulate discussion around how students, teachers, and administrators can all have a voice in decision making </li><br /></ul><br /><div> </div>