BEYOND TEACHING TO THE TESTRethinking Accountability and Assessment for English Language Learners

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Betsy Gilliland and Shannon Pella

The word accountability is everywhere in education today, but it means different things to different people. Speaking directly to teachers who work closely with English language learners, Gilliland and Pella examine accountability measures that truly demonstrate multilingual students learning and how these measures refl ect the planning and teaching that teachers do to help their students grow.

Gilliland and Pella take readers into middle and high school classrooms to illustrate accountability practices that exemplify the principles outlined in the NCTE Position Paper on the Role of English Teachers in Educating English Language Learners (ELLs). They give teachers the background and strategies to make their teaching and support equitable for ELLs by examining how teachers can support learners reading, writing, and academic language development. Illustrating with examples of real teachers at work, the authors explain teaching for accountability, formative and summative assessment, and preparation for high-stakes testing.

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5Voices from the Middle volume 25 number 1 september 2017

Voices from the Middle The Journal of the Middle Level Section of the National Council of Teachers of English

Assistant EditorsHeather Anderson, Oklahoma State University

Will Fassbender, The University of Georgia

Editing and Production: Pamela Crews, NCTE headquartersDivision Director, Publications: Kurt Austin, NCTE headquartersJournal Design: Jenny Jensen GreenleafTypesetting: Barbara Frazier

ReadWriteThink org, created by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the International Literacy Association (ILA), provides instructional practices and digital resources that support effective reading and language arts instruction for all learners

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Christopher Lehman (Chair), Amy Gutierrez Baker, James Blasingame, Shanetia Clark, Jason Griffith, Margaret Hale, Frances Lin, and Justin Stygles

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CoeditorsSara Kajder, The University of Georgia

Shelbie Witte, Oklahoma State University

Column EditorsStudent Voices: Linda Rief, Oyster River Middle School,

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