EAL assessment

NALDIC Quarterly Volume 4 Number 1
Edited by Constant Leung
ISSN 1751-2182

32 pages
Autumn 2006

Assessment in education is the theme of this issue which provides a review of EAL assessment developments in a number of countries across the world.

Contents
Editorial - Assessment in Education Constant Leung
Developments in statutory assessment in Wales Constant Leung & Kimberly Safford
Teacher responses: issues in teacher assessment Ann Ross and Suzanne Maile
Brief research reports: Paul Hamlyn Foundation funded NALDIC International Survey (2002-2005) –
EAL assessment in Australia, Canada, England and USA - Katie Scott
Australia: ESL Development - Language and Literacy in Schools
Australia: ESL Companion to the English CSF - Curriculum and Standards Framework II
Australia: South Australian Curriculum, Standards and Accountability Framework - English as a second language (ESL Scope & Scales)
Canada: Canadian Language Benchmarks 2000 - English as a second language – for adults
England: A Language in Common - Assessing English as an Additional Language
USA: ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students
Assessing second and additional languages across borders in Europe Kimberly Safford