methods,+strategies,+and+evaluation+instruments

**ASSESSMENT** //Methods, Strategies, Evaluation Instruments// 

 The moment an ELL enrolls in the school district, he/she is put into a process of assessment for placement into an ELL program. For the following assignment, I sorted the steps of that process into a graphic organizer:

CCSD ELL Assessment Process

 This link is an example of my attempt to determine if an Italian student's English was learned or acquired. I made my assessment based on a transcript of a conversation she had with a teacher. Upon reviewing this assignment with my course-mates, we determined that her English was probably both learned and acquired.

Assessment of an Italian's English

 This assignment describes the uses and usefulness of four common teacher assessments:

Four Assessment Types In my own classroom, I use checklists to quickly assess if students have completed their homework, or brought a reading book to class, or to what degree they are on task. I use holistic rating assessments when grading writing assignments and rating scales when students do peer assessment. I often spontaneously assess students' moods, opinions, and understanding by asking for a quick show of hands.

 The following two links are for two different types of assessments I created for a TESL course, they both use the same reading passage. First is a cloze reading passage designed to assess a student's knowledge of the flow and structure of an English language text. The second link shows the results of a narrative story retelling assessment I used on a student. The purpose of the assessment is to gauge comprehension.

Cloze Reading Passage Narrative Story Retelling Assessment