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Publication Date: 2009-May
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Ensuring Accommodations Used in Content Assessments Are Responsive to English-Language Learners
Willner, Lynn Shafer; Rivera, Charlene; Acosta, Barbara D.
Reading Teacher, v62 n8 p696-698 May 2009
This column offers an overview of the requirements for including and accommodating English-language learners (ELLs) in content assessments and an explanation of how accommodations for ELLs work. It concludes with recommendations drawn from research and practice to ensure accommodations are assigned and implemented in ways that are likely to appropriately support ELLs during testing.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Limited English Speaking, Testing Accommodations, Testing Programs, English Instruction, State Standards, Educational Strategies
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