Assessment and ESL

Barbara Law, PhD, has taught ESL students at all levels. As an ESL specialist and university professor, she has provided support and direction for regular classroom teachers working with multilingual classes. Barbara currently conducts teacher training, most recently for the U.S. Department of State, in Syria. https://leftytighty.wordpress.com/Mary Eckes, BA, has been involved in ESL education in the state of California for more than 30 years. She was Master Teacher in the Indo-Chinese Refuge Project at Santa Ana College, and for many years she taught ESL at Butte Community College. Currently, Mary works as curricular support for technology at Bear River High School in northern California where she continues to support ESL students and mainstream teachers.

• CONTENTSPREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION (2007)PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (1995)INTRODUCTIONChapter 1. Kiss Me Teacher: WHAT TEACHERS NEED TO KNOWChapter 2. What Shape Will We Use? Red! TESTING VS. ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF ASSESSMENTChapter 3. Determining the Navel Assigned to the Factor: PLACEMENTChapter 4. We’re Working Hardly: EMERGING LITERACYChapter 5. Diving for Pearls in their Shelves: HOW AND WHERE TO FIND INFORMATIONChapter 6. The Santa Maria, the Pimpas, the Ninny Sailing with Bafl af ’s Dog: RECORDING YOUR OBSERVATIONS THROUGH CHECKLISTS,RUBRICS, ANECDOTES, AND CONFERENCESChapter 7. Finding the Perimeter of a Pollyollygon: EXITINGChapter 8. The Final Nail in the Coffee: GRADESChapter 9. Lunching Several Measures: PRESENTING THE INFORMATION TO STAKEHOLDERSChapter 10. Converting Fahrenheit into Cellulose: STANDARDSChapter 11. Fight to the Spinach! MAKING THE CHANGEAPPENDIX AAPPENDIX BGLOSSARY OF TERMSBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX