A treasure trove of ideas for assessing the progress of English as a second language students other than traditional testing. Examples of a variety of measures that focus on growth over time, emphasis on student's strengths, and consideration of learning styles, languages, cultural and educational backgrounds, and grade levels. Included is information on how to implement nonverbal methods, charts, oral performances, oral and written products, and portfolios.

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alternative assessment, esl strategies, english as a second language students, assessing progress

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional