Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges from Language Proficiency to Academic Achievement, Second Edition

This comprehensive treatment of ELL assessment highlights the intricate relationship between English language proficiency and content area learning. The author provides detailed information on how teachers can integrate academic language instruction into the content area classroom in order to enhance students' learning and support effective assessment. The book includes excellent discussions of performance-based assessment; student self-assessment; standardized testing; and classroom-based language, literacy, and content assessment. Teachers will also find a large selection of rubrics, checklists, and other tools that they can use in their own classrooms.