Vincent Flores and Mingyu Wong are two 8th grade students in the English class. Both students are immigrants who came to the United States at a young age. Vincents’ first language is Spanish, which he also speaks at home with his parents. Currently proficient at the 2nd grade level, which puts him six levels below his current grade level. This could be attributed to the fact that his education was interrupted and he did not start school until he was 5 years old. The first language used by Mingyu is Chinese. Mingyus’ current ELL proficiency level is 6, which puts her 2 grade levels below her grade level. Some advantages that she is that she started school at 4 years old, plus was able to be enrolled in preschool for a year. This paper will focus on their student achievement on an English Summative assessment.
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The assessment consists of two portions that were graded separately. The objective section entailed ten multiple choice questions, requesting students to choose the figurative language being applied in the sentence. The performance-based section used a rubric to determine the students’ level of understanding. The section contained task that required the students to construct questions in addition to identifying the figurative language they chose to
The assessment consists of two portions that were graded separately. The objective section entailed ten multiple choice questions, requesting students to choose the figurative language being applied in the sentence. The performance-based section used a rubric to determine the students’ level of understanding. The section contained task that required the students to construct questions in addition to identifying the figurative language they chose to