What is it about?
This is a review of Margo Gottlieb's book Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges from Language Proficiency to Academic Achievement (Corwin Press, 2006). The review places the book in the context of the No Child Left Behind Act (2001) in the United States and the growing importance of high-stakes tests, which particularly affect students whose first language is not English.
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Why is it important?
The review highlights the book's main contributions: it places the assessment of English language learners in today's educational, political and social context, distinguishes between language proficiency and academic achievement, offers ways to produce and interpret valid and reliable data, and links teaching and assessment. It also outlines its nine chapters, from standards to classroom, performance-based and standardised assessment.
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Margo Gottlieb's book is very relevant to the assessment of English language learners in the United States, a topic I have worked on for many years, and I was glad to make it better known among Spanish-speaking readers.
Dr. Miguel Fernández Álvarez
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
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This page is a summary of: RESEÑA DE GOTTLIEB, M. 2006. ASSESSING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: BRIDGES FROM LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT., Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas, October 2009, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia,
DOI: 10.4995/rlyla.2009.745.
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