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Download full textLiu, Kristin K.; Wolforth, Sara; Thurlow, Martha L.; Jacques, Catherine; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; August, Diane – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
Determining whether an English learner with significant cognitive disabilities should participate in an alternate English language proficiency (alt-ELP) assessment is a challenge for Individualized Education Program teams. Although some states provide guidelines for making the decision, many do not. The purpose of this resource is to provide…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Intellectual Disability, Language Tests, Language Proficiency
Language Evaluation Policies and the Use of Support Resources in Assessments of Language Proficiency
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Direct linkEast, Martin – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
This paper reviews the arguments for and against the inclusion of support resources in high-stakes assessments of L2 language proficiency. It explores how these arguments have shaped centralised language-in-education planning and policy decisions and looks at what has happened at the local level as a consequence of these decisions. Regardless of…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Language Aptitude, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
