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What Information Is Needed About a Student?Tests provide information about a student that is not otherwise available from records or simpleobservation.They also document that information for an audience—such as the public, parents, orpolicymakers—in a way that makes sense to the audience. In either case, a test provides certainkinds of information, and we cannot wisely select our assessment strategies for either purposeunless we know what that information is. When we want to assess students, who are limited intheir English proficiency, examples of the kinds of needed information may include:• Can the student participate in the oral language of a mainstream classroom?• Can the student read and write English at levels similar to his or her mainstream grademates?• Does the student need an ESL or bilingual program?• If the student needs an ESL or bilingual program, what should his or her placement be?• Does the student read and write the native language at grade level?• Are the student’s academic skills near grade level in the native language?• What specific aspects of English grammar or vocabulary does the student lack?• Is the student progressing in oral or written English?The trick becomes matching the right assessment strategy to the school’s purposes, that is,getting the answers to the school’s questions about the student. The right strategy might be apublished test, application of a scoring rubric, or simply the teacher’s informed observation of astudent’s performance. In any case, the strategy must meet this one criterion: The assessmenttasks must represent the kind of information the school wants to know about the student. Each ofthese kinds of information places certain requirements on the test. Figure 1 illustrates this pointby listing requirements a test should meet to answer the questions listed above.Figure 1 Requirements a Test Should MeetQuestionCan the student participate in the orallanguage of a mainstream classroom?Can the student read and write English atlevels similar to his or her mainstream grademates?Does the student need an ESL or bilingualprogram? If the student needs an ESL orbilingual program, what should his or herplacement be?Does the student read and write the nativelanguage at grade level?Are the student’s academic skills near gradelevel in the native language?RequirementsThe tasks must simulate the oral language of amainstream classroom.Ask the student to read or write something atthat level.Give tasks that represent a range of difficulty,from grade-level performance to little or noEnglish proficiency.Staff need to know what that language’sgrade-level expectations are; tasks shouldrequire the student to read and writesomething at that level.Give tasks that represent that language’sgrade-level standards in the academic areas ofinterest.What specific aspects of English grammar or Tasks should pinpoint specific grammatical© 2008 Dr. Catherine CollierAll Rights Reserved144
vocabulary does the student lack?Is the student progressing in oral or writtenEnglish?structures or vocabulary.Tasks should cover a range of difficulty,spanning at least the student’s initial abilitylevel and the level he or she is expected toreach after instruction.t RequirementsIf the school wants to know whether the student can participate in the oral language of amainstream classroom, the tasks must simulate the oral language of a mainstream classroom.1. To find out whether the student can read and write English at levels similar to his or hermainstream grade mates, ask the student to read or write something at that level.2. To find out whether the student needs an ESL or bilingual program, and what his or herplacement should be, give tasks that represent a range of difficulty, from grade-levelperformance to little or no English proficiency.3. If the school wants to find out whether the student reads and writes the native language atgrade level, staff need to know what that language’s grade-level expectations are; tasksshould require the student to read and write something at that level.4. To find out whether the student’s academic skills are near grade level in the nativelanguage, give tasks that represent that language’s grade-level standards in the academicareas of interest5. To find out what specific aspects of English grammar or vocabulary the student lacks,tasks should pinpoint specific grammatical structures or vocabularyIf the school wants to know whether the student is progressing in oral or written English, tasksshould cover a range of difficulty, spanning at least the student’s initial ability level and the levelhe or she is expected to reach after instruction.Assessments that tell whether a student is limited English proficient, or performing similarly toage or grade mates in English or another language, are explicitly or implicitly standardreferenced.In other words, they set criteria for success according to the assessment’s purpose(for example, the child is proficient in English, the child reads and writes his or her nativelanguage at grade level, etc.). Assessments that pinpoint specific weaknesses are not standardreferencedbut offer diagnostic capabilities. Some of the previous questions imply standards, andsome imply the need for diagnostic information. Test selectors must know which kind ofinformation they want and select the right instrument accordingly. Examples of both kinds ofinstruments are given later in this paper.Appropriate Courses of ActionAssessment information is not valuable if it does not lead to a course of action for the student’s(and teacher’s) benefit. For ESL and bilingual education, courses of action include:1. Placing the student in a program that develops his or her English while providingacademic instruction2. Placing the student at the correct level of an ESL curriculum3. Providing the student with instructional services that match his or her academicpreparation in the native language4. Reassigning the student into a different component or level of the alternative programaccording to new assessment results5. Improving the ESL or other instructional services if students do not show progresstoward English proficiency or academic achievement© 2008 Dr. Catherine CollierAll Rights Reserved145
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