Brandman University

Teresa McFarland-Instructor

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Language Acquisition and Learning Theory

s part of the instructional process.

When incorporated into classroom practice, it provides the information needed to adjust teaching and learning while they are happening.

In this sense, formative assessment informs both teachers and students about student understanding at a point when timely adjustments can be made.

These adjustments help to ensure students achieve, targeted standards-based learning goals within a set time frame.

Examples

Progress monitoring assessments are quick probes that provide teachers with on-going information about students' response to intervention.

The goal of these assessments is to provide teachers with data to answer two questions:

Is the student making progress towards a grade-level expectation or long-term goal?

Is the students making progress towards mastery of a targeted skill?

are given periodically to determine at a particular point in time what students know and do not know.

Are given periodically to determine at a particular point in time what students know and do not know.

Many associate summative assessments only with standardized tests such as state assessments, but they are also used at and are an important part of district and classroom programs.

Summative assessment at the district/classroom level is an accountability measure that is generally used as part of the grading process.

Examples:

State assessmentsDistrict benchmark or interim assessmentsEnd-of-unit or chapter testsEnd-of-term or semester examsScores that are used for accountability for schools (AYP) and students (report card grades).

Orthographic KnowledgeExamine State Approved Reading Texts

Open Court & Houghton Mifflin

Orthographic KnowledgeThe understanding that the sounds in a language are represented by written or printed symbols

Read and create word cards for ten words your tutee needs to learn. Create an instructional activity

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