EDUC X 426.2

Investigate the principles and design of standards-based assessment and instruction for English-language learners and their relationship toEnglish language/literacy development and academic achievement.

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What you can learn.

Cover the roles, purposes, and types of formal and informal assessments

Understand how assessments inform teachers in planning effective, differentiated instruction

Learn to monitor English learners' progress

Learn about the impact of test reliability, validity, and cultural and linguistic biases

About This Course

Investigate the principles and design of standards-based assessment and instruction for English-language learners and their relationship to identifying students' strengths and needs in English language/literacy development and academic achievement. Covers the roles, purposes, and types of formal and informal assessment that inform teachers in planning effective, differentiated instruction and monitoring English learners' progress with respect to a given standard and issues of norming, test reliability, validity, and cultural and linguistic biases with respect to children of diverse backgrounds.