This article defines formative assessment and discusses the different ways that teachers can conduct the tests in their classrooms. The importance of formative tests for students and schools are also highlighted.
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This presentation first explains the TerraNova test. It then guides educators on how to analyze and gather data from specific TerraNova reports to drive instruction
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Read Chapter 7.5 of your textbook, âIssues of Assessments for ELLs.â While academic standards and proficiency can be assessed through formal tests and assessments for all students, English language learners need additional assessment opportunities in order for teachers to assess their language proficiency skills. Watch the webcast, Assessment of English Language Learners http://www.colorincolorado.org/webcast/assessment-english-language-learners, featuring Dr. Lorraine Valdez Pierce. There is also a PowerPoint presentation to accompany this video that may be beneficial (located directly below the video link). After watching the video and reading the chapter, respond to the following questions:
How can current assessments (such as standardized testing) be biased against students who are not native speakers of English?
Suppose you were teaching a unit on the water cycle. The unit focused on teaching the students the parts of the water cycle which include: precipitation, evaporation, and condensation. Describe one way that you may evaluate your ELLs using a formative and a performance-based assessment in the classroom based on this lesson topic and how these assessments can provide greater opportunities for ELLs to show their acquired knowledge with minimal interference due to a language barrier. Also, explain how your formative assessment can be used to guide your instruction while teaching the unit. Be specific.
Look at Table 7.2: TESOL Language Proficiency Standards in your text and describe how these assessments align with Standard 4. Provide at least two reasons.
7.5 Issues of Assessments for ELLs
In many ways, language proficiency standards work hand in hand with assessments to help ELL teachers measure student progress. However, student assessment has been a complex and often controversial topic in education: Required assessments may carry a lot of weight and could result in long-lasting impacts on students' lives. Sandberg and Reschly (2011) noted that
the purpose of assessment is to provide information that may be used to describe performance and make decisions about studentsâstudents meeting standards, those at risk for later failure, those who qualify for talented and gifted education programs, and so forth. (p. 145)
It is thus important that assessments be fair, equitable, valid, reliable, and appropriate. As Staehr Fenner (2013) and Hauck, Wolf, and Mislevy (2013) noted, there are critical reasons for this when it comes to ELLs: First, valid and reliable assessment measures ensure educators correctly identify, classify, place, and reclassify ELLs based on their language proficiency levels. Second, meaningful and accurate assessment data ensure effective instruction. With such data, both general education and ESL/ELD teachers can plan more effective lessons, differentiate instruction more successfully, and integrate content and language development opportunities. Finally, accurate data help hold schools, di.
Program and Evaluation Tool Planning
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Dr. Johnson
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10-23-2022
Program and Evaluation Tool Planning
Part 1
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Becoming part of Mayor Kellerâs taskforce places one in a pivotal role of influencing the change process in matters that affect Grand City area. Early childhood education as a specialization area has programs that need to be evaluated in readiness for the change process. One such program that needs evaluation is the English language literacy program. The goal of English language literacy program is to improve basic writing, reading, and speaking skills from kindergarten level all the way to grades 3 to 5. The stakeholders involved in the program are early childhood educators, school administrators, district education officers, and parents. The current goals of the program include improving English language proficiency among the learners and advancing writing and reading skills of the learners from kindergarten to fifth grade.
Current Program Data
According to the current Grand City data the number of students in grades 3-5 who do not meet expectations have increased in the last 5 years from 40.3% to 50.7%. The number of students in grades 3-5 who meets or exceeds expectations when it comes to English State test scores declined from 34.4% to 25.7% in the last 5 years. The number of students who nearly meets expectations in State test scores for English language declined from 25.3 to 23.6% in the last 5 years (Walden University, 2016). Other than this category of data, additional data on the number of students who access English reading materials at home need to be looked into. There is also a need to look into the number of families involved in English language development of early childhood learners while at home. Based on the data, it is evident that English language literacy program has not been effective, especially within the last five years. The related data on this that indicate ineffectiveness of the program is that only 13.5% of 11th grade students in Grand City meet or exceed the expectations when it comes to English Language Arts (Walden University, 2016). This is related to the language literacy program at the early childhood education level since language development starts at the early stages of life. Additionally, the performance of students in grades 6-8 in State tests scores for English language arts declined within the last 5 years (Walden University, 2016). These are indications that language and literacy programs in early childhood education are not effective thus the need for change.
Strategies, Activities, or Initiatives to make the Program Effective
While the program has not been effective in the achievement of its goals, there are classroom strategies that are in place to improve its effectiveness. Provision of explicit and systematic kind of instruction in vocabulary ensures that children are exposed to words so as to acquire a prop.
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Breann Crocker
Allison Van Horn
Heather Lang
Katherine Gonzales
Welcome Connor Street Team!
Agenda
Strengths - Families
Strengths - Staff
What was Evaluated
Evaluation Results
Recommendations
Resources
Goals
Thank you for hosting our team of evaluators to better support your programâs educational success. We are looking forward to reviewing the results of the assessments the Connor Street Early Childhood Program participated in with the families, staff, and children. We will also be discussing how to create goals for the program and providing recommendations on how to implement those goals. This will also be a great opportunity to ask questions and discuss your ideas on how you as educators will implement these ideas into your classrooms.
All About Your Program
â Connor Street serves low-income and working-class families.
â Evaluation data is based of four classrooms of 4-year-olds. Each class has one teacher and one assistant teacher.
(Walden University, 2022)
Connor Street Early Childhood Program is made up of 20% Hispanic students, 2 students are Asian, and 3 students are from the Caribbean. The school serves working-class and low-income families and as a result all but three of the students in the program are at school between 7 to 9 hours a day. The evaluation data is based on four classrooms of 4-year-olds with one teacher and one assistant teacher.
Strengths: Families
Positive and respectful relationships with staff
Open communication
Rules, expectations, and procedures are clear for parents
Program invites parents into the classroom and to events
Program connects families and community
(Walden University, 2022)
When looking at the NAEYC Self-Assessment Family Survey, there were many survey questions where all 29 families surveyed acknowledged strengths within the Connor Street program. This reflects many of the wonderful things you as staff are doing at Connor Street! Families noted that the staff at Connor Street were good teachers who cared for their children. Families said staff had a good relationship with the children and parents and are good at communicating what is going on at school and checking in to see how things are going at home. Families acknowledged that they knew the rules and procedures of the school and Connor Streetâs mission and philosophy. Families surveyed felt that Connor Street staff actively engaged with families and the community through events. Lastly, families felt they were invited into the classrooms to participate in their childâs learning throughout the year.
Strengths: Staff
Staff feel supported by the program administration.
Strong, positive relationships between staff, families, and the community
Curriculum is inclusive and supports the needs of all students.
Teachers collaborate.
A variety of assessments are used
Assessments inform future teaching.
Assessments happen regularly and are ...
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2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasnât one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
1. Education and the law In 2001, the Federal Government mandated that states attempt to close the academic achievement gap, also known as No Child Left Behind Act. Children with disabilities have scored among the low achiever for academic success when administered standardized tests. In order to bridge this gap, we must first look at the general education curriculum.(1) All children must be given the opportunity to develop skills required to be academically successful within the general education curriculum. Since reading is the foundation skill for all learning , it is essential that children with disabilities receive targeted and effective instruction that addresses their core weaknesses in reading (Lloyd, 2005).
2. The type of assessment that informs instruction does not necessarily need to be a formal reading test that was purchased from a publisher, although it certainly can be. Assessment can be a simple observation of a child's behavior when writing; it can be an observation of how well a child plays a word game; it can be an observation of a child's oral reading fluency. Every observation has the potential to be an assessment. It is a good idea, however, to combine teacher observations with more formal and objective assessment information -- the two complement each other, and give the teacher a much better informed picture.
3. Since reading is the foundational skill for all learning, lets take a look at assessment tools.
4. Before one can assess, you must first look at what you want to assess. During teacher team meetings, or during grade conference meetings you can use this form to assess your reading program. You will become more focused as to what and how effective your reading program is. This form can help guide the meetings.
5. Assessment:The short and The long Short-term  Fast and Quick Snap shot of student levels Grouping according to levels Uses series of leveled books Doesnât allow for ongoing instruction Assesses the student periodically Long-term While long âterm assessments basically asks the same questions of short term assessments, the big difference here is what you do with the results from the assessments. Long-term assessments gives you the students reading accuracy level, fluency level, comprehension level, and can provide vocabulary level. With long-term assessments, the teacher is able to instruct the whole student instead of working on the area or areas in which the student needs to build. Key here is that long-term assessments are on going. It gives both the student and teacher direction. Long-term assessments allows the teacher and student to monitor progress.
6. Keys to an Effective Reading Program Phonics - Vocabulary â understanding words on text or oral language. Fluency â ability to read text automatically and without effort. Comprehension â the ability to get meaning from text Phonemic Awareness â the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate sounds in spoken words According to the National Reading Panel Components of an Effective Reading Program
7. Our inquiry began because the data showed that 51% of the students were reading below grade level. The reading program was assessed. The reading program only addressed 4 essential reading components (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and comprehension) for grades K-2, addressed 2 essential reading components(fluency & comprehension) for grades 3-5. According to the National Reading Panel, there are 5 essential components of reading, (Phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension) and the school had not addressed the vocabulary component on any level.