Discuss informal assessments teachers can use to preassess the content-area knowledge, level of acculturation, and language proficiencies of their CLD students.

Book: Herrera, S. G., Cabral, R. M., & Murry, K. G. (2013). Assessment accommodations for classroom teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse students. (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

1. What is different about today’s classroom? Use good examples from the text. Write three paragraphs using 2 quotes from the text.(Chapter 1 , Chapter 2, Equitable Assessment for Emergent ELLs, Plank Article-ELL Assessment: One Size Does Not Fit All, Assessment of English Language Learners-youtube video)

2. What are the advantages of performance-based assessments and portfolio assessments? Write three paragraphs using 2 quotes from the text. ( Chapter 3)

3.Discuss informal assessments teachers can use to preassess the content-area knowledge, level of acculturation, and language proficiencies of their CLD students. Write three paragraphs using 2 quotes from the text. ( Chapter 4, Chapter 5, https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Screening-for-English-Language-Proficiency.aspx, https://www.isbe.net/Pages/ACCESS-for-ELLs.aspx, https://wida.wisc.edu/assess/access/preparing-students/practice, https://wida.wisc.edu/assess/access/preparing-students/practice, https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/opinion-ell-assessment-one-size-does-not-fit-all/2011/08

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