English Language Learner: Evaluation and Assessment
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Course Description
Units: 4.5
Price: $595
EDUC 4133. This course was written to help teachers understand concepts and terms related to evaluating and assessing students whose first language is not English. This course discusses high-quality assessment and the scope of assessments, including initial placement, annual assessments and exit assessments. This course ends with a discussion of classroom assessments, including accommodations for those who need language assistance.
Instructor
Dr. Karen Lea
Karen Lea holds a Ph.D. in education. Dr. Lea has fifteen years’ experience teaching at the K-12 level and another fourteen years’ experience teaching education courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate level. Currently she is an Assessment Developer at Western Governor's University. Dr. Lea has been professionally published over fifteen times and has served on over a dozen panels and boards, including serving on the NCATE (CAEP) Board of Examiners.
