Open AccessA Framework for the Dual Language Assessment of Young Dual Language Learners in the United States
Author(s) -
GuzmanOrth Danielle,
Lopez Alexis A.,
Tolentino Florencia
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ets research report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2330-8516
DOI - 10.1002/ets2.12165
Subject(s) - dual language , dual (grammatical number) , focus (optics) , computer science , language assessment , translanguaging , literacy , mathematics education , measure (data warehouse) , psychology , linguistics , pedagogy , philosophy , physics , database , optics
Dual language learners (DLLs) and the various educational programs that serve them are increasing in number across the country. This framework lays out a conceptual approach for dual language assessment tasks designed to measure the language and literacy skills of young DLLs entering kindergarten in the United States. Although our examples focus on Spanish–English DLLs, we anticipate that our recommendations could be broadly applied to other language combinations with appropriate adaptations for each language.