February 6, 2013

I met the last student today, a transferee from another school. High-calibre...it really is a challenge to have students of different language proficiency levels and academic ability in one ESOL class. This student had been in a class of newcomers who are still developing sufficient language skills to be able to write at grade-level. On the other hand, this child is fluent in English, has been receiving ESOL services throughout elementary school, and is both articulate and responsive to teacher's line of questioning. I'm grateful during this testing that I have seen a variety of response to test questions in all domains: listening, reading, speaking, writing.