LLSS 568: Alternative Assessment of English Language Learners
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      Course Instructors:
       
      • Christine Sims, Ph.D. (277-3175, simsacoma@aol.com) and
      • Julia Scherba de Valenzuela, Ph.D. (277-1406, devalenz@unm.edu)
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    ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGES (pdf files) 
    Issues systhesis paper
    Language assessment critique paper
    Final paper


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    SYLLABUS:
      MS Word version
    OVERHEADS FOR SELECTED CLASS SESSIONS:
    January 28, 2008
    February 4, 2008
    February 11, 2008
    February 18, 2008
    February 25, 2008
    March 3, 2008
    March 10, 2008 
    March 17, 2008 -- UNM Spring Break 
    March 24, 2008
    March 31, 2008
    April 7, 2008
    April 14, 2008
    April 21, 2008 - assessment critique presentations
    April 28, 2008 - assessment critique presentations
    May 5, 2008 - action plan presentations

    WRITING ASSISTANCE:
    • Sample standardized test description assignment
    • Small Group Planning Process Guide
    • Recommended Writing Checklist
    • 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
    • Citing electronic sources, from APA
    • Purdue's On-line Writing Lab (OWL) -- links to information on researching and writing papers

    • Dartmouth University's Guide to appropriately citing sources


    RELATED WEB SITES:

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    • 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 brief article looks at using preferral intervention with Native American students as a way of reducing inappropriate referrals to special education: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/jeilms/vol15/preferral.htm
    • This is a very helpful guide to preferral intervention for bilingual students from Salem Public Schools: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/voices/aladjem.pdf

     
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