benchmarks for english language learners. maria montalvo-balbed director of ell programs metro resa...
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Benchmarks for English Language Learners.
Maria Montalvo-BalbedDirector of ELL ProgramsMetro [email protected]
Why do we assess?
Discuss your assessment principle (s) in your group.
Which principle affirms your beliefs about assessment best?
Herman, Baker, & Linn, 2004
A single test cannot address all that is important for students to know and be able to do. Multiple measures are needed to address the full depth and breadth of our expectations for student learning.
Why create ELL Benchmarks?
Links directly to instructional decision-making and planning
Creates a comprehensive picture of the student’s strengths and weaknesses
Provides the necessary data to implement differentiated instruction.
ELL Benchmarks assess
ReadingWritingListeningSpeaking
Analyze the Benchmarks
How are the Benchmarks different from WIDA? (World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment) www.wida.us
What can you tell about Steve’s strength and weaknesses?
Teacher comments
We have used the benchmarks as a way to discuss the effectiveness of what we’re doing in our classes and
to address particular problems students may be having. Mostly I
think they’ve served to inform instruction and as a checks and balance to asses our program.
Teacher Comments
The benchmarks enabled me to prove my point that the student was learning just
not at a pace commiserate with the instructional setting of the regular
classroom…they also have served me when preparing for an SST that
established the student was in peril because of the discrepancies of progress
in the different modes.
ASCD’s position
Using a single test as the determinant for student, individual
school, and school district performance does not present an
accurate assessment and will result in inappropriately labeled students,
schools and school districts.
Ticket out the door
One idea I will take back is…