Tag: assessment
Help Develop Spanish SEL Assessments
There is a scarcity of validated Spanish-language social–emotional assessments, despite recognition that social–emotional competence is essential for a child’s success and well-being. Addressing this...
Using Comics to Teach
Over the past two centuries, as the world has benefited from globalization, the US has evolved as a monolingual country. I...
Language Adapts, Students Adapt—Why Not Students’ Language Tests?
Imagine you are trying to build strength. You go to the gym every day, lift weights, and then come home to rest and recover....
Improving Language Equity for the Seals of Biliteracy
Heritage language learners add to the rich variety of the U.S.’s languages, yet all too often those very...
Testing with Sensitivity
1. How have school shutdowns changed the way educators view student assessments?
With everything teachers were asked to do during the transition to remote...
Choosing and Using Tests Effectively
Right now, educators are contemplating several questions as they strive to prepare students for the fall. This is particularly true when it comes to...
Questioning the Test
University admissions officers and faculty strive to recruit and admit students who, either at the time of admittance or after additional English language preparation,...
Assessing Change
Our ability to adapt to new situations is key to success. However, change often happens too slowly for us to recognize it, so it...
Advocacy Groups Call to Postpone In-Person Exam for ELL’s
A number of advocacy groups have called on President-elect...
Five Million Assessments Reveal COVID Educational Slide
A new report based on 5.3 million assessments of student progress in grades 1-8 details the effects on learning associated with COVID-19 school disruptions....
