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ELL Assessment Solutions
Webinar PresentationMay 4, 2011
Linda Alaniz – Presenter Judi Lynham – Product Manager
Diversity of ELL Students
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TEACHING ELL STUDENTS TODAY MORE CHALLENGING
Integrate Language with Academic Content ?
ESL Strategies?? Assessment?
Interventions?
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Instructional Triangle
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Instruction
Assessment
Instructional Triangle for ELLLearners
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Instruction
Assessment
LanguageAcquisition
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Classroom Assessment Practices
• Assess Before Teaching• Offer Appropriate Choices• Provide Feedback Early and Often• Use Both Informal and Formal
Assessments
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Stanford English Language Proficiency Test (SELP)
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Stanford Spanish Language Proficiency Test (SSLP)
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Six Test Levels and Grades
1. Readiness PreK2. Preliteracy Kindergarten3. Primary 1–2 4. Elementary 3–55. Middle Grades 6–86. High School 9–12
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Primary/Elementary Levels
Administration
Type
Administration Time
(90 minutes total)Subtests Format
20 minutes Listening Multiple Choice
Group 20 minutes Writing Conventions Multiple Choice
20 minutes Reading Multiple Choice
15 minutes Writing Performance Based
Individual 15 minutes Speaking Performance Based
Times included are for planning purposes only.
(Proposed Schedule)
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Stanford English Language Proficiency Test
• Measures English language proficiency of ELLs, grades PreK–12 for identification and placement
• Engages ELL students to demonstrate their full potential in both language proficiency and academic achievement necessary for instructional planning
• Monitor progress using three test forms available for most test levels
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Stanford SpanishLanguage Proficiency Test
• Stanford SLP is a transadaptation (translation + adaptation) of the Stanford ELP
• Assesses Spanish literacy level in oral and academic language
• By using with SELP, comparison of language performance can be made to help determine language of instruction and testing
• One test form available for all test levels
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Immediate Feedback
SCORING OPTIONS• ReadyResults.net— scan, score, and run
reports online at your school site; key entry or web-based environment
• Obtain fully customizable reports immediately
• View multiple assessments on one report• Monitor student progress by viewing
results over time• Student narrative reports in English and
Spanish to share with parents
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NNATNNAT®2 2 •• Measures general ability quickly and nonverbally Measures general ability quickly and nonverbally •• Assesses general ability without requiring the Assesses general ability without requiring the
student to read, write, or speakstudent to read, write, or speak•• Requires students to problem solve by Requires students to problem solve by
recognizing patterns and making connections recognizing patterns and making connections using abstract figural designs or symbolsusing abstract figural designs or symbols
•• Measures ability equitably for students from Measures ability equitably for students from many different cultural and linguistic many different cultural and linguistic backgroundsbackgrounds
Appropriate choice
Why Nonverbal Tests?Why Nonverbal Tests?
•• Can be group administered in paper/pencil or Can be group administered in paper/pencil or online, ages 5online, ages 5--17 or grades K17 or grades K--12. 12.
•• Tales 30 minutes to administer; 48 itemsTales 30 minutes to administer; 48 items•• Can be used to identify students whose low Can be used to identify students whose low
general ability may indicate potential academic general ability may indicate potential academic problems as well as gifted and talented student problems as well as gifted and talented student with high general abilitywith high general ability
•• Increases ID of gifted minority studentsIncreases ID of gifted minority students•• For evaluation of students who are hearing For evaluation of students who are hearing
impairedimpaired
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ConsiderationConsideration
Can a nonverbal test be used as the Can a nonverbal test be used as the primary tool for measuring ability? primary tool for measuring ability?
–– Nonverbal test results should be evaluated Nonverbal test results should be evaluated along with other data to ensure that every along with other data to ensure that every child is assessed completelychild is assessed completely
–– Primary tools for screening should be Primary tools for screening should be identified on the basis of their validityidentified on the basis of their validity•• Relationships to future achievementRelationships to future achievement•• NonNon--discriminatory value discriminatory value
What does a Nonverbal Test What does a Nonverbal Test Look like?Look like?
LetLet’’s try some questions!s try some questions!
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Sample
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Scoring Options
• ReadyResults.net – locally scan, score and report for immediate results; web-based reporting
• 2008 norms make NNAT 2 the most recently normed ability test in the market.
• Raw scores are converted to a scaled score that is the Naglieri Ability Index Score (NAI); scores compared withother student’s scores on same test
• Score Reports include stanines, percentile, and NCE’s
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Aprenda 3, La Prueba de Logros en Español
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Achievement Test in Spanish
• Aprenda, La Prueba de Logros en Español, Tercera edición (Aprenda 3) is a norm-referenced academic achievement test for students K-12.
• Modeled after Stanford 10 and developed with Latino educators, Aprenda 3 offers the highest quality, most culturally inclusive Spanish-language test of academic standards.
• Questions assess all core content areas – only test assessing science and social science
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Aprenda 3 Features
• Aligns closely to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the National Science Education, and the National Council for Social Science Standards
• Parallel to Stanford 10 in the number of subtests, number of items in each subtest, and almost identical blueprint
• Untimed test , group-administered
• Home Report, available only in Spanish
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Aprenda 3 Subtests Developed in Spanish
• Aprenda 3 subtests developed originally in Spanish are:
– Sounds and Letters– Sentence Reading– Word Reading/Vocabulary– Reading Comprehension– Mathematics (K and HS)– Mathematics Problem Solving (Gr. 1 – 8)– Spelling– Language– Listening
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Aprenda 3 Transadapted Subtests
• Aprenda 3 subtests trans-adapted from Stanford10 (translated with Language adaptations to make them bias free for Spanish-speaking students) are:
–Mathematics Procedures–Environment –Science –Social Science
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Grade 5
Sample: Reading Comprehension
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Grade 5
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Grade 5
Sample: Math Problem Solving
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Grade 3 Grade 6
Sample: Mathematics Procedures
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Grade 7
Sample: Language
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¿Qué parte de esta región recibe la mayor cantidad de lluvia?
País X
Clave
Inventos
Según la línea cronológica, qué fue inventado en los 1940?
La televisión
El teléfonoEl transbordador espacialEl avión
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Available Norms
Norms Available:• National (compared to general US student
population)• Reference (compared to US Spanish-speaking
student population)• Reference Extra (compared to US Spanish-
speaking student population plus students from Puerto Rico and Mexico)
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Scoring Options
• ReadyResults.net— scan, score, and run reports online at your school site
• Pearson Scoring Center• Results Online
Scores Reported on Reports:• Scaled Scores, Percentile Ranks, Stanines, NCE’s,
GE• Other Scores: Achievement/Ability Comparison
Score (with NNAT), Content and Process Standards Scores (Aprenda 3 Clusters), Lexile Scores, Performance Levels for Reading, Mathematics and Science
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Using SELP and NNAT2 Together
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Fall:Kim given SELP; immediate results
with Ready ResultsKim scored high in listening; scored at
intermediate level in writing in reading, writing and speaking; overall interm.
Program placement and instructional interventions began immediately
Kim – 6th gradeOriginally from Vietnam
SpringNNAT2 administered to entire gradeNNAT2 helped confirm that Kim’s
difficulty based on a language barrier and not a cognitive barrier
Interventions and support continue and Kim is making progress in reading and writing; speaking is slightly behind
For ELL Spanish Speaking Students
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Instructional Programs: ESLImmersion (English/Spanish) Bilingual, Dual Language Programs
Using SELP/SSLP/ Aprenda 3 Together
Marcos- 2nd grade Newcomer
Stephanie – 1st grade Newcomer
Fall:• SELP• SSLP• Aprenda 3 (it depends)
Spring:Aprenda 3SELP SSLP
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Using SELP/SSLP/Aprenda 3/SAT 10/NNAT2
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Fall:Review last year’s
SELP, SSLP and Aprenda 3 scores
Administer• NNAT 2
Hector – 3rd gradeoriginally from MexicoEnrolled in bilingual since K
Spring:SELPSSLPSAT 10Aprenda 3 (it depends)
Training/Professional Development
• SELP/SSLP – SELP/SSLP Test Administration – Using SELP Assessment Results to Improve
Student Achievement • NNAT 2
– NNAT2 User's Guide– Accessing and Reading NNAT2 Results– Implementing NNAT2 Online– Understanding the NNAT2 Data
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Q&A
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Thank you for participatingMil Gracias!
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