Introductory Brief to ELP Standards & Assessment Framework  
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The Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center is pleased to announce the availability of a new introductory brief to the "Framework for High-Quality English Language Proficiency Standards and Assessments." The introduction presents the intended purpose, uses, and organization of the Framework, as well as key background information and assumptions. Read more
June issue of Countdown  
The Progression grid is designed to help support teachers’ assessment judgements, based on evidence from the tasks and also on what pupils do in the classroom. It was originally developed to aid task development, but its usefulness as a tool providing support both for judgements teachers might make with pupils and for planning
future teaching and learning soon became apparent(PDF)... Read more
Meeting My Student  
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This afternoon I will have my introduction to and first meeting with my first refugee ESL student, Abdi Abdi, a 40-year-old Somali man.
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