Assignment: Assessment Review Purpose: Review an assessment for ESL/BE-ACCESS

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  • Assignment: Assessment Review

Purpose: Review an assessment for ESL/BE-ACCESS

Task: Review an assessment for ESL/BE and identify the name of the assessment, targeted population, purpose of the assessment, and components in the assessment. Analyze the test items (e.g., ACCESS) for validity, reliability, fairness, and potential bias focused specifically on ELL/BE.

Directions

  • Locate an assessment for ELLs. If you have difficulty finding appropriate assessment, you can review the ACCESS test for this assignment. Explore the ACCESS for ELLs website https://www.wida.us/assessment/ACCESS20.aspx#updatesand read the information under the tabs: Updates, About, Scores and Reports. Identify the name of the assessment, targeted population, purpose of the assessment, components, and scoring procedure for the assessment.
  • Read the journal article Test Review: ACCESS for ELLsfor reference –see attached/uploaded
  • Use the sample test items on the WIDA ACCESS website (under “About”) and select the grade level appropriate for your ELL student and review the sample test items from one language domain (e.g., listening, speaking, reading and writing).
  • Try the test items with your ELL student.
  • Examine the test for validity, reliability, fairness, and potential bias focused specifically on ELLs.
  • Share the findings in class and turn in a written report in dropbox on D2L.

Write-up

Include: 1) describe the assessment & domain you choose to review; 2) explain the nature of language development related to the domain of the assessment; 3) describe the background of your ELL student (L1 & L2 language and literacy, any strengths and weaknesses related to academic learning); 4) Definitions and discussions on constructs of validity, reliability, fairness and potential bias, supported by the assessment design and student performance on the assessment.

 

Please use the following sources:

Bailey, K. M. & Curtis, A. (2015). Learning about language assessment: Dilemmas, decisions, and directions (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: National Geographic Learning.

Gottlieb, M. (2016). Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges to educational equity (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

READINGS

Read the following chapters from the class textbooks and online readings.

 

MULTIMEDIA 

Watch the webcast and listen to the interview audio that relate to the content of this session.

  • Colorin Colorado webcast: Assessment of English Language Learners (Time: 44:42)

READINGS

Read the following chapters from the class textbooks and the online readings.

  • Gottlieb, Chapters 2
  • Online readings:

Go to www.wida.us/standards. Read:

    • The E-ELD or ELD standards for the grade and subject you teach. (If you are PK-6, choose 1 subject of interest or concern to you.) If you are a bilingual educator, you can choose to examine the Spanish Language Development or Spanish ELA standards.
    • The Can-Do Descriptors that apply to the above.

Go to https://kelleymorrissey.wikispaces.com/Standards+WIDA+English,+IL+ELPS,+and+TESOL. Read and find out similarities and differences among different standards.

 MULTIMEDIA 

READINGS

Read the following chapters from the class textbooks and online readings.

MULTIMEDIA 

Watch the following videos that relate to the content of this module.

READINGS
Read the following chapters from the class textbooks and online resources.

MULTIMEDIA 
Watch the following video that relate to the content of this module.

 

READINGS

Read the following chapters from the class textbooks.

  • Gottlieb, Chapter 5
  • Bailey & Curtis, Chapter 13

 

MULTIMEDIA 

Watch the following videos that relate to the content of this module.

READINGS

Read the following chapters from the class textbooks.

MULTIMEDIA 

Watch the following videos that relate to the content of this session.

 

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