Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners

by J. Michael O'Malley and Lorraine Valdez Pierce

Book Overview

This practical resource book will familiarize teachers, staff developers, and administrators with the latest thinking on alternatives to traditional assessment. It will prepare them to implement authentic assessment in the ESL/bilingual classroom and to incorporate it into instructional planning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201591510
• ISBN13: 9780201591514
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 11 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 8

Customer Reviews

Great Assessment Ideas

Very informative and easy to follow. The reproducibles are great, and gave a lot of great ideas. I especially liked the self-assessment part and the writing assessment chapter - very helpful!

Excellent resource!

This book is definitely a great resource to have as a teacher of ELL students. It covers all the areas necessary to provide better instruction. Lots of self-assessments to help students know where they are and where they need to go.

Great Book

I find that the information it contains supports most of what I believe in assessing students in the classroom.

The Best Assessment Book I've Seen

I bought this for an ESL Assessment class at the graduate level. I also teach ESL at a university, and this book comes in very handy, both in theory and in practice. I especially like the rubrics you give to students so they can assess their own strengths and weaknesses. For example, when working together in groups, students fill out a form after their work is done, stating how well they listened, asked for clarification, or offered/asked for opinions. I continue to use this book long after I've taken the class, and I believe this is the best assessment book out there. Don't waste your time (or money) on books like "ESL Assessment: On the Yellow Big Road to the Withered of Oz" (or whatever the title of that book is!) Buy this book and you won't regret it. A winner!

Excellent Resource

I have just completed a graduate course in Assessment for teachers of ELLs. Almost all of the students in this class, including me, found this book to be a very valuable resource. Some of the information is redundant, but for a teacher looking for ideas on how to construct an authentic assessment of student work (reading, writing, speaking or listening) it is full of great insights and models that can be copied from the book or revised for individual use.