Module 1 Assessment Powerpoint

I really enjoyed reading through the assessment powerpoint.  It was a great representation of some important ideas.  What I found most interesting pertained to ELLs.  The idea that “ELL students who struggle on an English reading test does not make them struggling readers” made me think.  Typically, when we give students a reading test, including ELL students, we want to base our assessment of their knowledge of reading on how fluently they read and how easily they decode words.  While that would be representative of their command of the English language, it is not representative of their ability to read.  A way to assess an ELL’s reading fluency and ability to decode words would be to give the same assessment, but in that child’s native language.  A little later in the powerpoint, it is mentioned that success itself is the best motivator for students.  If these ELL students are successful in reading their native language in various assessments, they will have a heightened sense of confidence and assurance when reading.