ELL ASSESSMENTS Nohemy Tautimer 08/02/2013 EDU-213N Grand Canyon University Professor Lorena Brown With the rise in immigrant students comes a rise in students who do not speak English. Schools are facing the need to not only teach these students their regular academics but also a new language. In Guthrie‚ Oklahoma‚ there may seem like there would not be as much need for such programs but the fact is that English language learners are also here. ELL students need assistance from the schools
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POVERTY A MAJOR ISSUE Poverty is lack of basic human needs like health‚ education‚ clean water‚ nutrition etc. It is a condition where people’s basic needs for food‚ clothing‚ and shelter are not being met. It is curse and something like nobody would want to own. Poverty is generally of two types: (1) Absolute poverty occurs when people cannot obtain adequate resources to support a minimum level of physical health. 2) Relative poverty occurs when people do not enjoy a certain minimum
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Current Issues and Trends in Assessment in Early Childhood Education The 1980s brought a new reform movement in education‚ accompanied by a new emphasis on testing. The effort to improve education at all levels included the use of standardized tests to provide accountability for what students are learning. Minimum competency tests‚ achievement tests‚ and screening instruments were used to ensure that students from preschool through college reached the desired educational goals and achieved the minimum
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Assessments ELL Krystine M. Ngo Grand Canyon University ESL-223N SEI English Language Teaching: Foundations & Methodologies September 22‚ 2011 ELL Assessments Assessment is a valuable tool to measure students learning and achievement. It is an essential element for teacher to reflect on what and how they teach. To assess students is to collect evidence of their learning. Teachers use the information to modify their lesson plans and adjust their instructional methods; students need feedback
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“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army‚” this is a direct quote from an American politician Edward Everett. Mr. Everett was an educator and was also the president of Harvard University from 1846 through 1849. The process of gaining knowledge‚ which is commonly referred to as education‚ is basically what makes the world go round today. Education is one of the most valued activities in foreign countries today and many people have invested a lot of resources in education more
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going back to teach English to English Language Learners (ELL) at Kaleidoscope Academy. For a semester‚ I worked mostly with seventh and eighth graders with English Proficiency Levels ( ELP) between three and five. The ELPs tell that these students have great social English communication skills‚ but their academic language is not proficient yet; that is why many of them still need ELL instruction. My goal for this year was to increase my ELL students vocabulary so they can be better readers and writers
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way Part 4) I believe that a lot of my ideas explain a problem. For instance a lot of society thinks that gay marriage is wrong. This also includes a major issue in a lot of people’s religion. Some people don’t realize the causes of homosexuals. One being that some are born that way or have been raped which is another major issue in today’s world. In my opinion I think a solution would be to let each person decide his or her own life style because this would be an effect of freedom that
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and BSN nurses. Based on some real-life experiences‚ do you agree or disagree with this research? Topic 3 DQ 2 What is the difference between a DNP and a PhD in nursing? Which of these would you choose to pursue if you decide to continue your education to the doctoral level? Topic 4 DQ 1 Choose one legislator on the state or federal level who is also a nurse‚ and discuss the importance of their role as advocate for improving health care delivery. What specific bill(s) have they sponsored or supported
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ELL Assessments Crystalanne Duncan-Holmes Grand Canyon University: ESL-223N 3 November 2012 Whitney Johnson The following essay will briefly discuss the procedures that are being utilized in order to identify ELLs at the Philadelphia public school District. Included in this discussion will be what informal and formal assessments are being conducted to determine ELL student’s language proficiency and how English language development is monitored over time. How Educators are informed of
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Issues in Education Securing O.R. ’s future through undergraduate research By Susan E. Martonosi Course scheduling‚ vaccine stockpiling and mass prophylaxis‚ malaria prevention in Africa. What do these topics have in common? These were the research topics presented by six undergraduates during the Undergraduate Research Showcase at the recent INFORMS annual Meeting in Washington‚ D.C. The showcase‚ sponsored by INFORM-ED‚ highlighted the impressive modeling and analysis done by some of our
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