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This practical resource book will familiarize teachers, staff developers, and administrators with the latest thinking on alternatives to traditional assessment. It will prepare them to implement authentic assessment in the ESL/bilingual classroom and to incorporate it into instructional planning.
Authentic Assessment for English Learners : Practical Approaches for Teachers
by O'Malley, J. Michael; Pierce, Lorraine ValdezEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-04-02
Publisher(s): Pearson Education ESL
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Summary
Author Biography
Lorraine Valdez Pierce is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | |
| Index of Figures and Reproducibles | |
| Preface | |
| Moving Toward Authentic Assessment | |
| Assessment of English Language Learning Students | |
| Definition of Authentic Assessment | |
| Purposes of this Book and Target Audience | |
| Overview of the Book | |
| Designing Authentic Assessment | |
| Approaches to Teaching and Learning | |
| Types of Authentic Assessment | |
| Awareness of Authentic Assessments | |
| Designing Authentic Assessments | |
| Technical Quality of Authentic Assessments | |
| Issues in Designing Authentic Assessment | |
| Conclusion | |
| Application Activities | |
| Portfolio Assessment | |
| Instructional Context | |
| What a Portfolio Is and Isn't | |
| Self-Assessment: The Key to Portfolios | |
| Managing Portfolios | |
| Using Portfolio Assessment in Instruction | |
| Conclusion | |
| Application Activities | |
| Oral Language Assessment | |
| Nature of Oral Language | |
| Authentic Assessment of Oral Language | |
| Using Oral Language Assessment in Instruction | |
| Conclusion | |
| Application Activities | |
| Reading Assessment | |
| Nature of Reading in School | |
| Authentic Assessment of Reading | |
| Using Reading Assessment in Instruction | |
| Conclusion | |
| Application Activities | |
| Writing Assessment | |
| Nature of Writing in School | |
| Authentic Assessment of Writing | |
| Using Writing Assessment in Instruction | |
| Conclusion | |
| Application Activities | |
| Content Area Assessment | |
| Content Area Instruction in Schools | |
| Authentic Assessment in Content Areas | |
| Using Content Area Assessment in Instruction | |
| Conclusion | |
| Application Activities | |
| Examples from the Classroom | |
| Talk Show | |
| Geoboard | |
| Magnet Experiment | |
| Interpreting Portfolio Entries | |
| Reading Response Time | |
| Anecdotal Records | |
| Book Talks: Integrated Reading | |
| Appendix | |
| Sample Entries from Roxana's Portfolio | |
| Glossary | |
| References | |
| Index of Classroom-based Assessment Techniques | |
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