Common Core & ELLs: Assessment
The assessments that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards not only include challenging tasks and items, but they require sophisticated computer skills. This section offers some ideas for supporting ELLs as they become more familiar with new test formats and routines.
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- Computer-Based Common Core Testing: Considerations and Supports for ELLs
- Analysis of a PARCC ELA Assessment Task Through an ELL Lens (Part 1)
- Instructional Suggestions for ELLs: PARCC Assessment Task (Part 2)
- CCSS/ELL Themes I'm Seeing
- Three Strategies for Equitable Assessment of ELLs
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Assessment Consortia
Two consortia of states are developing Common Core assessments. Information about their ELL advisory boards and accommodations policies follows below.
Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
ELL Advisors: The Accessibility, Accommodations, and Fairness Technical Working Group
Accommodations: PARCC has released its final accommodations manual that outlines the accessibility features and accommodations that will be available for the PARCC Mid-Year, Performance-Based, and End-of-Year Assessments for ELLs, students with disabilities, and ELLs with disabilities.
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
ELL Advisors: ELL Advisory Committee
Accommodations: Smarter Balanced provides an overview of its accessibility and accommodations in this fact sheet.
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