NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Morita-Mullaney, Trish – Language Testing, 2017
English language proficiency or English language development (ELP/D) standards guide how content-specific instruction and assessment is practiced by teachers and how English learners (ELs) at varying levels of English proficiency can perform grade-level-specific academic standards in K-12 US schools. With the transition from the state-developed…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Feminism
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bailey, Alison L.; Huang, Becky H. – Language Testing, 2011
English language development or proficiency (ELD/P) standards promise to play an important role in the instruction and assessment of the language development of English language learner (ELL) pre-K-12 students, but to do so effectively they must convey the progression of student language learning in authentic school contexts for authentic academic…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Textbooks, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Llosa, Lorena – Language Testing, 2007
The use of standards-based classroom assessments to test English learners' language proficiency is increasingly prevalent in the United States and many other countries. In a large urban school district in California, for example, a classroom assessment is used to make high-stakes decisions about English learners' progress from one level to the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Standardized Tests, Construct Validity