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Hooft, Hannelore; Schiepers, Mariet; Vandommele, Goedele – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2021
Many migrants have had few opportunities to develop functional literacy skills, even in their L1. Even so, migration and integration policies in Western host societies often assume literacy skills and fail to consider accommodations for low-literate migrants. Valid, reliable instruments to identify low-literate migrants and policy-oriented…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Tests, Immigrants, Native Language
Estrada, Peggy – Grantee Submission, 2014
For English learners reclassifying to fluent English proficient signifies reaching a milestone indicating the ability to function in mainstream classes without support. Employing a longitudinal, multimethod approach, I describe patterns of reclassification using administrative data for 7 cohorts of students over 2 years in a large urban district.…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, School Districts, Classification, Language Proficiency