Assignment 2: Reflective Practitioner Journal Response 1—Considerations in Assessments of ELLs



Assignment 2: Reflective Practitioner Journal Response 1—Considerations in Assessments of ELLs

Purposes behind assessing the ELLs

Knowing about the purpose of assessing English Language Learners (ELLs) is instrumental to ensure that there is no misinterpretation of the data. There are many purposes for assessing ELLs. Teachers in the classroom are directly involved with monitoring of the progress of the students. Teachers involved with the English Language Learners are required to have a sense of the student's foundation or the starting point of the language proficiency so that they can compare their progress ...