Schools are under increasing pressure to reclassify their English learner (EL) students to “fluent English proficient” status as quickly as possible. This article examines timing to reclassification among Latino ELs in four distinct linguistic instructional environments: English immersion, transitional bilingual, maintenance bilingual, and dual immersion. Using hazard analysis and 12 years of data from a large school district, the study investigates whether reclassification timing, patterns, or barriers differ by linguistic program. We find that Latino EL students enrolled in two-language programs are reclassified at a slower pace in elementary school but have higher overall reclassification, English proficiency, and academic threshold passage by the end of high school. We discuss the implications of these findings for accountability policies and educational opportunities in EL programs.

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Reclassification Patterns among Latino English Learner Students in Bilingual, Dual Immersion, and English Immersion Classrooms.

Language Assessment in Practice by Lyle Bachman and Adrian Palmer is a defining text within the field of language assessment. With an expected readership of students, language teachers with varying experience, applied linguists, professional language testers, materials developers and textbook writers, Language Assessment in Practice is ambitious at its core. Nonetheless, the authors‘ logical approach and straightforward writing style make this a highly accessible text for all members of its intended audience. In an inviting first chapter titled ―Objectives and Explanations, or why we need another book about language testing,‖ Bachman and Palmer explain their reasons for taking on this project, especially in light of their earlier, formative work Language Testing in Practice (Bachman & Palmer, 1996). Using Bachman‘s articulation of the Assessment Use Argument (AUA) as its organizing theoretical framework, Language Assessment in Practice represents a distinct departure from the earlier text. At nearly twice the number of pages of text (excluding the projects in the final chapters of both books), and incorporating extensive resources available online, this volume represents a significant evolution in the authors‘ thinking about assessment.

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Language Assessment in Practice

The goal of assessment is to collect objective evidence that represents the truth about student performance. In order to assure objectivity the assessment plan must be well grounded in the principles of assessment. The first step in developing an objective assessment plan is to become familiar with the terminology of assessment to facilitate your understanding of the bigger picture. The purpose of this chapter is to review the basic terminology and principles of assessment and provide you with a basic understanding of the framework on which to base an objective and comprehensive systematic assessment plan. These concepts are discussed in detail in subsequent chapters. Many of you are familiar with these terms. Some readers may even prefer to move past this chapter and delve right into the strategies for developing assessment tools. However, as further discussion demonstrates, you cannot start collecting data until your assessment plan is established. Unless you consistently work in the area of assessment, you will find this refresher beneficial. Reviewing this chapter will increase your fluency in the Language of Assessment and your understanding of the proposed guidelines.

The language of assessment

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Latent Profiles of Reading Motivation in Adolescent Native-Spanish-Speaker Multilingual Learners

English language learners (ELLs) have become one of the fastest growing groups in elementary schools in the United States of America. This paper will research the English proficiency assessments currently used for ELLs in the early-exit TBE programs in elementary schools and the validity and reliability of these English language proficiency assessments.

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Xiaoyan Jing

Papers

The Reliability and Validity of Language Proficiency Assessments for English Language Learners