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OverviewThis book is a comprehensive introduction to the topic of assessing students who use two or more languages in their daily life. The book provides foundational information for assessing multilingual learners (MLs) in schools, with an emphasis on school language and content. Major assessment ideas are viewed through a framework called PUMI (Purpose, Use, Method and Instrument) to help readers focus on important assessment principles, leading to better quality assessments for MLs. This is a substantially revised and updated second edition of The Assessment of Emergent Bilinguals. Updates in this edition include a greater focus on multilingual assessment and assessment in language contexts in addition to English/Spanish. This edition addresses both the current politics of multilingual assessment and recent theoretical developments, including an expanded exploration of translanguaging in assessment contexts. This edition aims to be more practical than the first edition, with more examples of assessments and rubrics, and a greater emphasis on using assessment results in formative ways. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kate MahoneyPublisher: Multilingual Matters Imprint: Multilingual Matters Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.50cm Weight: 0.450kg ISBN: 9781800414969ISBN 10: 180041496 Pages: 244 Publication Date: 10 September 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. A Decision-Making Process Called PUMI Chapter 2. History: How Did We Get Here? Chapter 3. Validity Chapter 4. Methods Chapter 5. Content and Language Chapter 6. Psychometrics Chapter 7. Accommodations Chapter 8. Special Education (co-authored with Laura M. Geraci) Chapter 9. Accountability Advice for Instructors on Chapter Activities Glossary IndexReviewsI wish I had this outstanding book when I was a bilingual teacher! Mahoney demystifies psychometric principles and practices with real-world classroom examples and provides a useful tool for teachers to make appropriate informed decisions about the development, use, and interpretation of formative and summative assessments with multilingual learners. * Wayne E. Wright, Purdue University, USA * I wish I had this outstanding book when I was a bilingual teacher! Mahoney demystifies psychometric principles and practices with real-world classroom examples and provides a useful tool for teachers to make appropriate informed decisions about the development, use, and interpretation of formative and summative assessments with multilingual learners. * Wayne E. Wright, Purdue University, USA * This is one of the most important and influential textbooks about the assessment of children learning English as a second language in K-12 public schools to date. It is engaging, grounded in a useful analytical framework, and takes a critical stance on standardized testing with English learners. Kate Mahoney provides a student-friendly overview of psychometrics through an equity and social justice lens. In short, this book is stellar. * Mary Carol Combs, University of Arizona, USA * Author InformationKate Mahoney is a Professor in TESOL at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. She has taught multilingual learners in New York, Texas and Belize, Central America. Her research has focused on the assessment of emergent bilinguals and multilingual learners. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |