The purpose of this course is to develop teacher candidate understanding of ESOL assessments and assessment practices used to place, teach, follow, and exit ESOL students through P-12 education. Formal and alternative assessment instruments will be analyzed. Testing bias will be examined. Teachers will become aware of assessment measures used at the district, school, and classroom level. They will have the opportunity to develop alternative methods of evaluation to more closely understand the language levels of their students.
Credit hours: 3