Introduction chapter types of assessment

CONCLUSION
Assessment of an English language learner’s proficiency in their home language can provide teachers with an understanding of how their home language can be used to support English language development. Assessments developed for many home languages are available commercially. If a home language assessment is conducted, it should be completed within the first few months of a student’s arrival. It is important to be aware of gaps in students’ home language exposure and instruction when interpreting assessment results. For more information about home language assessment, see ERGO Provision of First Language/Bilingual Assessment.
Translating English assessments into other languages to assess proficiency in a home language is not an effective strategy. These tests have not been designed for translation, and the results would be invalid. Also, it is not good practice to have an interpreter translate into another language as part of the assessment procedure.
Cultural bias can occur when language, images or content reflect a particular context that is unfamiliar to a student. Take into account cultural contexts and potential bias when selecting and administering assessments and interpreting results. It may also be helpful to make intentional connections with the student’s prior experiences.


GLOSSARY
MODEL: a thing used as an example to follow or imitate.
STIMULATION:encouragement of something to make it develop or become more active.
AUTONOMOUS: acting in accordance with one moral duty rather than ones desires.
MIMICRY: the action or skill of imitating someone or something, especially in order to entertain or ridicule
PREDISPOSITION: a liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude or act in a particular way
DYSFUNCTIONAL: unable to deal adequately with normal social relations.
DYSGRAPHIA: inability to write coherently as a symptom of a neurological condition or as an aspect of a learning disability
SIGNPOST junction. : a sign giving information such as the direction and distance to a nearby town typically found at a road
CD: compact disc
DYSLEXIA: a condition of neurodevelopmental origin that mainly affects the ease with which a person reads, writes, and spells, typically recognized as a specific learning disorder in children.
CAPTIVATING: capable of attracting and holding interest; charming
NEUROMYTH: a commonly-held false belief about neuroscience or something falling within its area of study
HYPOTHESIS: a preposition made as a basis for reasoning without any assumption of its truth.
MESHING: represent a geometric object as a set of finite elements.
EEF: education endowment foundation
SEN: special educational needs