CKavanagh
New member
- Joined
- Feb 18, 2013
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- American English
- Home Country
- United States
- Current Location
- Dominican Republic
Hi All! As a third year teacher (and a Master's degree candidate), I have a question about assessing ELLs with district made assessments. In my school district all math assessments are given to us by the math department along with a scoring guide. These assessments are not differentiated by language proficiency level, and we are not allowed to clarify what the questions are asking. As a teacher with all language ability levels in my classroom, I find it very frustrating for both myself and the students to give these assessments because they aren't truly assessing how well students know these math concepts. Instead, they're assessing how well students can read and comprehend the questions being asked of them. I know that they're going to need to do that on state testing, but does anyone have suggestions for how I can give better classroom assessments? Thanks!