Understanding Assessment
Overview of English Language Proficiency Assessments - Information about the uses of language proficiency assessments from the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
Understanding Language - An initiative at Stanford Graduate School of Education dedicated to help policymakers, researchers, states, district staff, and schools better serve ELs including the challenges and opportunities for assessing ELs in relation to content.
Back to topClassroom Assessment Tools
Formative
Using Informal Assessments for English Language Learners - Presents methods for informally assessing ELs.
Formative Assessment of Language, Content, Thinking Skills - Includes tools for assessing student conversations.
Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English Language Learners
Performance
Performance Assessment - A short video on the role of performance assessment in content learning and language development.
Back to topStandardized Assessment
English Language Proficiency
Summative Assessments
- ELPA21 Assessments - Information regarding the ELPA21 assessments.
- ELPA21 Guide to Understanding Score Reports - Provides guidance for interpreting ELPA scores.
- Iowa Department of Education’s ELPA21 webpage - Details specific to Iowa’s use of ELPA21.
Screeners
ELPA21 Dynamic Screener - Assessment used to determine if students are eligible for EL instructional services.
Content
Summative Assessments
Screeners
Accommodations
Allowed Accommodations for English Learners - Lists allowable accommodations for ELs on a variety of assessments.
Other
Assessments for the Seal of Biliteracy
Back to top