Digital Newsletter for Families of English Language Learners (ELLs)
Communication with families of ELLs can be challenging but is vital for student success and family engagement. Many families may be unfamiliar with the standard practices of education in this country. Understanding assessment and how assessment data is used can be particularly difficult to discuss depending on the families’ previous experience with assessment in other educational settings.
Create a digital newsletter for families of ELLs to explain assessment practices. Consider how you communicate the information for non-native English-speaking families. Include the following in your newsletter:
Description of each type of assessment (diagnostic, formative, and summative), including how and when each will be used to support English language instruction
Explanation of alignment of the assessments to ELP and content standards and the use of assessment data to determine student progress in both language and content
Description of testing accommodations for ELLs
Discussion of how the data from assessments will be used to inform instructional decisions and planning, including enrichment and interventions
Identify strategies to communicate timely and meaningful feedback with students and families, including student self-reflection strategies
Support your newsletter with 2-3 scholarly resources.
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Digital Newsletter for Families of English Language Learners (ELLs)
Dear Families,
Greetings from Happy Day Academy. Communication with families of ELLs can be challenging but is vital for students' success and family engagement. Notably, Many families may be unfamiliar with the standard practices of education in this country. The purpose of this newsletter is to educate families about Happy Day Academy's different assessments we have and how assessment data is used to aid ELL learning and instructions.
* Diagnostic Assessment
In Happy Day Academy, a diagnostic assessment is a pre-test conducted by instructors to understand the knowledge, weaknesses, skills, knowledge, and strengths of a student before giving them instructions. Importantly, teachers use this assessment before introducing a new topic or concept to understand students’ level of fluency and what help the student needs.
* Formative Assessment
Further, formative assessment is a procedure conducted by teachers during instructions to track students’ learning (Schildkamp et al., 2020). This assists teachers to identify areas where a student requires additional support and feedback.
* Summative Assessment
Summative evaluation is done after the instructional unit which is normally on midterms, end of a project, or semester against Arizona Assessment Standards. This evaluation gives us a rough idea of what the student kn...
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