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The CALLA Handbook – Chapter 6 Assessing Student Progress in CALLA

The CALLA Handbook – Chapter 6 Assessing Student Progress in CALLA. Dr. Ellen de Kanter University of St. Thomas Instructional Strategies for the Content Area in ESL BIED 5336. Alternative Assessment. Purposes

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The CALLA Handbook – Chapter 6 Assessing Student Progress in CALLA

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  1. The CALLA Handbook – Chapter 6 Assessing Student Progress in CALLA Dr. Ellen de Kanter University of St. Thomas Instructional Strategies for the Content Area in ESL BIED 5336

  2. Alternative Assessment • Purposes • To place students into programs; monitor students’ progress;identify specific instructional needs; exit students from special language programs; conduct formative or summative program evaluation. • Rationale • Intrinsically interesting to students because it is authentic and varied. • Design • Focuses on four basic procedures: • Construction • Administrative Requirements • Scoring • Interpretation

  3. Examples of Alternative Assessment • Performance Measures • Text Retelling • Cloze Testing • Holistic and Analytical Scoring of Writing Samples • Teacher Rating Scales • Student Self-Rating Scales • Assessment of Higher-Order Thinking Skills

  4. Portfolio Assessment • Reasons for Using Portfolios: Rationale • Systematic • Accessible • Focused • Efficient method of providing visible evidence of student progress • Useful for making instructional decisions

  5. Portfolio Assessment • Guidelines for Portfolio Assessment • Determine the purpose • Select information for the portfolio • Decide haw to organize it • Establish a data collection plan • Review the Students progress • Decide on portfolio use

  6. The CALLA Handbook – Chapter 6 Assessing Student Progress in CALLA Dr. Ellen de Kanter University of St. Thomas Instructional Strategies for the Content Area in ESL BIED 5336

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