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ELL Assessment Solutions

Webinar PresentationMay 4, 2011

Linda Alaniz – Presenter Judi Lynham – Product Manager

Diversity of ELL Students

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TEACHING ELL STUDENTS TODAY MORE CHALLENGING

Integrate Language with Academic Content ?

ESL Strategies?? Assessment?

Interventions?


Instructional Triangle

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Instructional Triangle for ELLLearners

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LanguageAcquisition


Classroom Assessment Practices

• Assess Before Teaching• Offer Appropriate Choices• Provide Feedback Early and Often• Use Both Informal and Formal

Assessments

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Stanford English Language Proficiency Test (SELP)


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Stanford Spanish Language Proficiency Test (SSLP)


Six Test Levels and Grades

1. Readiness PreK2. Preliteracy Kindergarten3. Primary 1–2 4. Elementary 3–55. Middle Grades 6–86. High School 9–12


Primary/Elementary Levels

Administration

Type

Administration Time

(90 minutes total)Subtests Format

20 minutes Listening Multiple Choice

Group 20 minutes Writing Conventions Multiple Choice

20 minutes Reading Multiple Choice

15 minutes Writing Performance Based

Individual 15 minutes Speaking Performance Based

Times included are for planning purposes only.

(Proposed Schedule)


Stanford English Language Proficiency Test

• Measures English language proficiency of ELLs, grades PreK–12 for identification and placement

• Engages ELL students to demonstrate their full potential in both language proficiency and academic achievement necessary for instructional planning

• Monitor progress using three test forms available for most test levels

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Stanford SpanishLanguage Proficiency Test

• Stanford SLP is a transadaptation (translation + adaptation) of the Stanford ELP

• Assesses Spanish literacy level in oral and academic language

• By using with SELP, comparison of language performance can be made to help determine language of instruction and testing

• One test form available for all test levels


Immediate Feedback

SCORING OPTIONS• ReadyResults.net— scan, score, and run

reports online at your school site; key entry or web-based environment

• Obtain fully customizable reports immediately

• View multiple assessments on one report• Monitor student progress by viewing

results over time• Student narrative reports in English and

Spanish to share with parents

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NNATNNAT®2 2 •• Measures general ability quickly and nonverbally Measures general ability quickly and nonverbally •• Assesses general ability without requiring the Assesses general ability without requiring the

student to read, write, or speakstudent to read, write, or speak•• Requires students to problem solve by Requires students to problem solve by

recognizing patterns and making connections recognizing patterns and making connections using abstract figural designs or symbolsusing abstract figural designs or symbols

•• Measures ability equitably for students from Measures ability equitably for students from many different cultural and linguistic many different cultural and linguistic backgroundsbackgrounds

Appropriate choice

Why Nonverbal Tests?Why Nonverbal Tests?

•• Can be group administered in paper/pencil or Can be group administered in paper/pencil or online, ages 5online, ages 5--17 or grades K17 or grades K--12. 12.

•• Tales 30 minutes to administer; 48 itemsTales 30 minutes to administer; 48 items•• Can be used to identify students whose low Can be used to identify students whose low

general ability may indicate potential academic general ability may indicate potential academic problems as well as gifted and talented student problems as well as gifted and talented student with high general abilitywith high general ability

•• Increases ID of gifted minority studentsIncreases ID of gifted minority students•• For evaluation of students who are hearing For evaluation of students who are hearing

impairedimpaired

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ConsiderationConsideration

Can a nonverbal test be used as the Can a nonverbal test be used as the primary tool for measuring ability? primary tool for measuring ability?

–– Nonverbal test results should be evaluated Nonverbal test results should be evaluated along with other data to ensure that every along with other data to ensure that every child is assessed completelychild is assessed completely

–– Primary tools for screening should be Primary tools for screening should be identified on the basis of their validityidentified on the basis of their validity•• Relationships to future achievementRelationships to future achievement•• NonNon--discriminatory value discriminatory value

What does a Nonverbal Test What does a Nonverbal Test Look like?Look like?

LetLet’’s try some questions!s try some questions!

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Sample


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Scoring Options

• ReadyResults.net – locally scan, score and report for immediate results; web-based reporting

• 2008 norms make NNAT 2 the most recently normed ability test in the market.

• Raw scores are converted to a scaled score that is the Naglieri Ability Index Score (NAI); scores compared withother student’s scores on same test

• Score Reports include stanines, percentile, and NCE’s


Aprenda 3, La Prueba de Logros en Español


Achievement Test in Spanish

• Aprenda, La Prueba de Logros en Español, Tercera edición (Aprenda 3) is a norm-referenced academic achievement test for students K-12.

• Modeled after Stanford 10 and developed with Latino educators, Aprenda 3 offers the highest quality, most culturally inclusive Spanish-language test of academic standards.

• Questions assess all core content areas – only test assessing science and social science


Aprenda 3 Features

• Aligns closely to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the National Science Education, and the National Council for Social Science Standards

• Parallel to Stanford 10 in the number of subtests, number of items in each subtest, and almost identical blueprint

• Untimed test , group-administered

• Home Report, available only in Spanish


Aprenda 3 Subtests Developed in Spanish

• Aprenda 3 subtests developed originally in Spanish are:

– Sounds and Letters– Sentence Reading– Word Reading/Vocabulary– Reading Comprehension– Mathematics (K and HS)– Mathematics Problem Solving (Gr. 1 – 8)– Spelling– Language– Listening


Aprenda 3 Transadapted Subtests

• Aprenda 3 subtests trans-adapted from Stanford10 (translated with Language adaptations to make them bias free for Spanish-speaking students) are:

–Mathematics Procedures–Environment –Science –Social Science


Grade 5

Sample: Reading Comprehension


Grade 5


Grade 5

Sample: Math Problem Solving


Grade 3 Grade 6

Sample: Mathematics Procedures


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Grade 7

Sample: Language



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El teléfonoEl transbordador espacialEl avión


Available Norms

Norms Available:• National (compared to general US student

population)• Reference (compared to US Spanish-speaking

student population)• Reference Extra (compared to US Spanish-

speaking student population plus students from Puerto Rico and Mexico)


Scoring Options

• ReadyResults.net— scan, score, and run reports online at your school site

• Pearson Scoring Center• Results Online

Scores Reported on Reports:• Scaled Scores, Percentile Ranks, Stanines, NCE’s,

GE• Other Scores: Achievement/Ability Comparison

Score (with NNAT), Content and Process Standards Scores (Aprenda 3 Clusters), Lexile Scores, Performance Levels for Reading, Mathematics and Science


Using SELP and NNAT2 Together


Fall:Kim given SELP; immediate results

with Ready ResultsKim scored high in listening; scored at

intermediate level in writing in reading, writing and speaking; overall interm.

Program placement and instructional interventions began immediately

Kim – 6th gradeOriginally from Vietnam

SpringNNAT2 administered to entire gradeNNAT2 helped confirm that Kim’s

difficulty based on a language barrier and not a cognitive barrier

Interventions and support continue and Kim is making progress in reading and writing; speaking is slightly behind

For ELL Spanish Speaking Students


Instructional Programs: ESLImmersion (English/Spanish) Bilingual, Dual Language Programs

Using SELP/SSLP/ Aprenda 3 Together

Marcos- 2nd grade Newcomer

Stephanie – 1st grade Newcomer

Fall:• SELP• SSLP• Aprenda 3 (it depends)

Spring:Aprenda 3SELP SSLP


Using SELP/SSLP/Aprenda 3/SAT 10/NNAT2


Fall:Review last year’s

SELP, SSLP and Aprenda 3 scores

Administer• NNAT 2

Hector – 3rd gradeoriginally from MexicoEnrolled in bilingual since K

Spring:SELPSSLPSAT 10Aprenda 3 (it depends)

Training/Professional Development

• SELP/SSLP – SELP/SSLP Test Administration – Using SELP Assessment Results to Improve

Student Achievement • NNAT 2

– NNAT2 User's Guide– Accessing and Reading NNAT2 Results– Implementing NNAT2 Online– Understanding the NNAT2 Data

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Q&A


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