Ell Identification Assessment

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Appropriate assessment instruments for English Language Learners (ELL students Table of Contents

TOC \o "1-3 " \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l "_Toc7 " Introduction PAGEREF _Toc7 \h 3

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc8 " Appropriate assessment instruments PAGEREF _Toc8 \h 3

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9 " Formal assessment PAGEREF _Toc9 \h 3

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc0 " Informal assessment PAGEREF _Toc0 \h 4

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc1 " Formative assessment PAGEREF _Toc1 \h 4

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc2 " Summative assessment PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 5

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc3 " Objective assessment PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc4 " Subjective assessment PAGEREF _Toc4 \h 5

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc5 " ELL for Native Speakers PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 5

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc6 " References PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 7 Introduction

English Language Learner or ELL is an area that has immense scope for students and teachers alike . It is therefore very important that a well defined and structured assessment is bound to increase the benefits and the purpose of the system of education . Over a period of time there have been different methods of assessment that have been instrumental in achieving the task . The following sections give a brief explanation of these alternative methods of evaluation

Appropriate assessment instruments

Formal assessment

Formal assessments have a fixed format and structure of assessment . They have guidelines that define and describe the evaluation techniques in detail . It also gives the method that needs to be adopted by the teachers . Houghton Mifflin Company (1997 , mentions the following benefits of formal assessment

Provides the teacher with a systematic approach for evaluation of student progress

Evaluation aimed at conceptual skills of reading and writing along with and without instructions given

Help in examining strategy and specific skill sets involved

Statistical analysis of student growth and performance with respect to other students . This can be done for the beginning , middle , and end of the year , quarter and year wise or even by grade levels

It is far more flexible then other assessment methods

Allows easy modification of assessment techniques

Informal assessment

Informal assessments include individual and group project activities presentations , or practical experiments and demonstrations . These assessments also include essay , journal and report writing skills Houghton Mifflin Company (1997 , mentions the following benefits of informal assessment

Provides the teacher easy way to observe and to interact with the students . This way they get to comment on individual and group progress and performance

It is easily flexible and can be customized depending on individual requirements

A variety of assessment techniques keeps the student 's attention and inspires good performance throughout as the student does not get bored and always wants to better oneself in all the areas given

Gives ample chances to students to better their performance in all specified tasks giving an individual 's overall accomplishments

According to Wikipedia assessments techniques can be further divided into the following

Formative assessment

The formative assessment type is carried out during the process of making a project or throughout the duration of a course . Some of the benefits are listed below

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