As a teacher I would take this article and really try to implement some of the ideas listed to help mitigate the issues that ELLs face in the classroom. I think the biggest thing we can all do is try to fight for a better way to assess our ELL students, this can be through fighting to expand the testing norm to include more diverse students or fighting for the right to assess students like this through other ways.
Some ways I would try to help my future ELL students with testing is by allowing for more of an observation based assessment. I would make a way to have the assessments be developmentally and educationally significant, and culturally and linguistically responsive. No more of having a student sit for a test they do not understand and
Some ways I would try to help my future ELL students with testing is by allowing for more of an observation based assessment. I would make a way to have the assessments be developmentally and educationally significant, and culturally and linguistically responsive. No more of having a student sit for a test they do not understand and