LLCU 424 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Language Testing, Standardized Test, Pragmatics

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Course: LLCU 424
• Professor: Dr. Tomas McCone

Document Summary

Measures that are used to evaluate student academic achievement and show that students have reached certain performance levels or standards. Procedures that have been specifically designed to test such competencies. Presupposes certain standard objectives or performance levels. Creating benchmarks for accountability responsibility to carry out comprehensive study of a number of domains: Literally thousands of categories of language ranging from phonology at one end of a continuum to discourse, pragmatics, functional, and sociolinguistic elements at the other end. Specification of what eld students" needs are, at 13 different grade levels, for succeeding in their academic and social development. A consideration of what is a realistic number and scope of standards to be included within a given curriculum. A separate set of standards for teachers to teach eld students successfully in their classrooms. A thorough analysis of the means available to assess student attainment of those standards.