Assessment Tips
Benchmarks 2.0 can be used as part of everyday classroom interactions when observing and analyzing student work (adapted and differentiated to the language proficiency level the student is working at).
The following table offers sample ideas on how to assess language proficiency within the classroom context.
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Individual |
Group |
Listening |
- One-on-one interview during class time
- Listening task in which students complete oral or written response to orally given prompt
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- Observation during class discussions, demonstrations, and cooperative learning
- Listening task in which all students complete written responses to orally given prompts
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Speaking |
- One-on-one interview during class time
- Interaction during routine reading assessment
- Video or audio recording
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- Observation during class discussions, demonstrations, and cooperative learning
- Video or audio recording
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Reading |
- During silent reading, student reads an excerpt from a book
- Individual reading diagnostic
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- Student reads an excerpt from a shared text during:
- paired or small group reading
- guided reading
- literature circles or other organized group reading
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Writing |
- Individual writing prompt
- Individual writing assignments (e.g., journals, notes, reports, projects, essays, tests, surveys)
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- Group administered writing prompt
- Group administered writing assignments with individual completion (e.g., journals, notes, reports, projects, essays, tests, surveys)
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