Locate three articles written within the last 5 years that discuss the assessment of English language learners. Find one article each for the local, state, and national levels. State whether you agree or disagree with the articles’ evaluations and explain your reasoning. Discuss the purpose of assessment at the three different levels.

1. TESOL 505 Week 1 Individual Assignment Evaluation of Assessment
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Locate three articles written within the last 5 years that discuss the assessment of English
language learners. Find one article each for the local, state, and national levels.
State whether you agree or disagree with the articles’ evaluations and explain your
reasoning.
Discuss the purpose of assessment at the three different levels.
Explain how to connect the specific assessment to instruction.
Connect an assumption and principle from Ch. 8 of Bilingual and ESL Classrooms to an
assessment in each article.
Present the information in a format such as a brief essay, personal letter, video, mini-
lesson plan, narrative story, brochure, Microsoft®
PowerPoint®
presentation, or your
choice of a technology-based format. Refer to the Technology Resource Library for other
technology-based formats.
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TESOL 505 Week 1 Individual Assignment Reliability and Validity Worksheet
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1. Miss Tompkins gave the same English grammar assessment to her students twice, once
on Monday and then two weeks later. Her students scored almost exactly the same on
both tests.
Why does this assessment seem reliable?

2. 2. Mr. Lucas wrote two forms of the same test. Each form had different questions. He
gave Form 1 to half his students and Form 2 to the other half. The students taking Form 1
scored 11 percentage points higher than those taking Form
Why does this assessment seem unreliable?
3. Mr. Sorza gave a multiplication test to his students once a month. Each month he was
surprised when a different group of students scored well.
Why does this assessment seem unreliable?
4. Mrs. McCarlson is testing her physical education student’s vertical leap. She will be
using a yardstick and taking the average measurement from 3 jumps per student.
Why does this assessment seem reliable?
1. Miss Lund graded her students on a semester exam that only included content they had
covered during the last five weeks.
Why doesn’t this assessment seem valid?
2. Mr. Bach’s 4th grade students scored almost the same on his end-of-year math tests as
they did on the statewide math tests.
Why does this assessment seem valid?
3. Mr. Lee gave true and false geography tests to his students to determine the three
students who might do well in the geography bee. The three students who did the best
were eliminated in the first round.
Why doesn’t this assessment seem valid?
4. Ms. Kwan’s objective is to determine if her students are able to identify the correct use
of a vocabulary word. She provides her students with the definition of the word along
with 4 separate sentences containing the word. Based on the definition provided, students
must select which sentence uses the vocabulary word correctly.
Why does this assessment seem valid?
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TESOL 505 Week 2 Individual Assignment Assessment Analysis Presentation
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3. TESOL 505 Week 4 Individual Assignment English Language Learner Planning and
Assessing
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TESOL 505 Week 4 Individual Assignment English Language Learner Planning and
Assessing
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TESOL 505 Week 5 Individual Assignment Language Arts Assessment Analysis
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TESOL 505 Week 5 Individual Assignment Language Arts Assessment Analysis
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TESOL 505 Week 6 Individual Assignment Culminating Project Assessment Schedule
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TESOL 505 Week 6 Individual Assignment Culminating Project Assessment Schedule
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