ESL SUMMIT 2015

ASSESSMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS & BUILDING STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY

Prof. Andrea Crocco-Varela & Prof. Marie C. Girault

Essex County College

DESIGNING THE ESL RUBRIC

Introduce Demonstrate Synthesize scoring Norm

Refer Apply Self-assess Set Goals Reflect Re-apply

Instructor Student

WRITING PROCESS

Refer

Apply

Self-assess

Set Goals

Reflect

Re-apply

OVERCOMING “IDUNNOWHA TASAY” SYNDROME

Activity #1

TIMED ESSAYS

Working memory is limited

Strain from new

language/alphabet

Focus on one task at a time.

SO WHAT? EVERYONE DEALS WITH THAT!

Trouble with structure

Different languages = different conventions of writing

Stressed? Revert to NATIVE conventions

CHANGE THE PRE-WRITING PROCESSPre-writing:

Separate tasks

Remind students:In hour of need, structure essays.

Re-think:Essay structure = Sonnet

USEFUL OUTLINES FOR STRESSFUL MOMENTSin this outline with your ideas for your essay. Time for completion: 15 minutes

Introduction

Hook -- Type: ___________________ Three Word Summary: ________________

Body 1 – Topic:________________ Controlling Idea: ________________________

Body 2 – Topic:________________ Controlling Idea: ________________________

Body 3 – Topic:________________ Controlling Idea: ________________________

Thesis: __________________ is true because ________________________

so _____________________.

Body 1

– Topic:________________ Controlling Idea: ________________________

Assertion:

Evidence:

Commentary:

Body 2

– Topic:________________ Controlling Idea: ________________________

Assertion:

Evidence:

Commentary:

Body 3 – Prove Opposition Wrong

– Topic:________________ Controlling Idea: ________________________

Opposition’s Assertion:

Opposition’s Evidence:

Commentary:

Evidence/Commentary:

Conclusion

Reword Thesis

Best Commentaries Reworded

Relate Hook to Thesis

PLEASE REFER

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JERSEY DEVIL

APPLYING THE

RUBRIC

Activity #2

CALIBRATION

How CONFIDENT are you of your recommendation?

 #passed

  ESL-105/106

#took ENG-101

within one year

#passed ENG-

101

Success

Rate

Fall 2011

149

113 91

80.5%

Fall 2012

154

118 95

80.5%

Fall 2013

120

92

75

81.5%

Success rate of ENG-101

#enrolled

#passedSuccess

Rate

Fall 2012 1802 1304

72.4%

Fall 2013 1659 1186

71.5%

Fall 2014 1340 1026

76.6%

Success rate of ENG-101 who passed ESL-105/106 and took ENG-101 with one year since they completed ESL-105/106

Success Rate of All Students who took ENG 101 (not including ESL 105)

IMPACT OF RUBRIC

7% increase of ESL Students recommended to ENG 101.

2013 6% of ESL Students completing 105-106 contributed to Success Rate of ENG 101;

Despite drop in overall enrollment: ESL students are contributing positively to student success in ENG 101.

Rigorous: No negative impact on ENG 101.

NORMING

Gather and Collaborate

Review Sample Writing

Reflect on assessment

Calibrate grading

Review Assessment Data

Set Expectations

Continue the conversation

Q & A