Assessing ELL Students in Mainstream Classes: A New Dilemma for the Teachers

Do the tests accurately measure the knowledge of the students in the subject matter, or do students lose points because of other reasons, such as language proficiency or lack of understanding culturally situated information, even though they know the answers to the questions? [...]this technique can...

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