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Assessment

• Assessing English Language Learners, Margo Gottlieb, '06, Corwin Press, ISBN 0761988890

• Assessment and ESL: an alternative approach 2nd edition , Barbara Law and Mary Eckes, '07, Portage & Main Press, Has lots of vignettes and student work samples with running commentary and interpretations, as well as sample assessment profiles.
  
• Assessment Resource Library: Bibliography on Assessment: English Language Learners (rev. ed), ’00, Northwest Regional Laboratory
  
• Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners: Practical Approaches for Teachers, Michael O’Malley, Lorraine Valdez Pierce, '96, Addison Wesley: Assists teachers in using performance standards and authentic assessment to evaluate second language learners.
  
• Instructional Assessment: An Integrative Approach to Evaluating Student Performance, Sandra Homlar Fradd & Patria Larrinaga McGee: '94, Addison Wesley Publishing, Guidelines for identifying learning disabilities in ELL students. Includes some good case studies, practical suggestions and checklists for parent surveys, observations, performance assessment, ideas for professional collaboration, etc.

• Lorraine Valdez Pierce webcast: free through Reading Rockets website
• The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing has many free resource papers and monographs regarding assessment in education: www.cse.ucla.edu/products.html
  

• The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA)'s website for information on assessment and testing of ELLs:www.ncela.gwu.edu/spotlight/3_assessment.html

• Profiles in English as a Second Language, Griffin, Smith, & Martin, ’03, Heinemann Press, ISBN 0-325-00703-9: Gives case studies and profiles of students at varying levels of language proficiency