LLSS 568: Alternative Assessment of English Language Learners
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    Fall 2011
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    Mondays 4:15-6:45
      Course Instructors:
       
      • Christine Sims, Ph.D. (277-3175, simsacoma@aol.com) and
      • Julia Scherba de Valenzuela, Ph.D. (devalenz@unm.edu)

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    • Syllabus
    • Overheads for Selected Class Sessions
    • Writing Assistance
    • Related Web Sites

     
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    SYLLABUS:
      MS Word version
      pdf version


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    OVERHEADS FOR SELECTED CLASS SESSIONS:
     August 29, 2011
     September 19, 2011
    October 3, 2011
    WRITING ASSISTANCE:
    • Sample standardized test description assignment
    • Julia's Quick and Dirty APA Guide
    • Kathie Snow's Commentary on People First Language
    • Julia and Susan's Explanation of Academic Honesty in Writing
    • On-line tutorial from APA
    • Purdue's On-line Writing Lab (OWL) -- links to information on researching and writing papers
    • Purdue OWL's guide to APA
    • Dartmouth University's Guide to appropriately citing sources
    • The University of Technology, Sydney has an online plagiarism tutorial


    RELATED WEB SITES:

    • The following links are documents from the New Mexico Public Education Department Special Education Unit related to assessment:
      • assessing CLD preschoolers: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/seo/assessment/preschool_cld.pdf
      • assessing school-age CLD students: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/seo/assessment/ta.pdf
      • procedures manual for standards-based assessment: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/seo/assessment/ta.pdf
    • Frequently asked questions about English language learner student assessment and accommodations from the NM Public Education Department Bilingual; and Multicultural Education Unit
    • This is a very helpful guide to preferral intervention for bilingual students from Salem Public Schools: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/files/rcd/BE022812/BE022812.pdf

     
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    If so, please send them to us at simsacoma@aol.com and devalenz@unml.edu

     
     
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