Question 1: What are the purposes and examples of the following types of assessments: diagnostic or pre-assessment, formative, benchmark/interim, summative, norm-referenced, and criterion-referenced?
Question 2: What are standardized assessments and what factors should be considered in administering them to ELL/bilingual learners?
Question 3: What are authentic assessments and how can they be used in assessing ELL/bilingual learners in the classroom?
Question 4: What should educators be aware of in determining the potential bias of an assessment for ELL/bilingual learners, including linguistic and cultural considerations?
Question 5: Why is language and literacy assessment data important in the instruction of ELL/bilingual learners?