CLAD - Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development Assessment for English Learners Questions and Answers

Question 1

A middle school science teacher is designing an end-of-unit assessment on ecosystems for a class that includes several English Learners at the 'Emerging' level of proficiency.
Which of the following assessment options would provide the most accurate measure of the English Learners' content knowledge?

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A task where students create a labeled diorama or a digital presentation of an ecosystem, followed by a brief oral explanation.

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A multiple-choice test with complex sentence structures and academic vocabulary.

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An essay requiring students to compare and contrast two different ecosystems.

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A timed, standardized test provided by the textbook publisher.

Question 2

Mr. Chen regularly collects 'exit tickets' where students write one thing they learned and one question they still have after a lesson. For his English Learners, he allows them to use drawings, key words, or phrases in their home language. This practice is a prime example of:

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Formative assessment

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Summative assessment

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Diagnostic assessment

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Standardized assessment

Question 3

A school district administers the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) at the beginning of the school year. One purpose of this assessment is to identify students who are English learners and determine their current level of English proficiency. This type of assessment is best categorized as:

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An initial identification assessment

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A portfolio assessment

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A performance-based assessment

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A summative assessment

Question 4

Which of the following describes the primary challenge of using traditional, norm-referenced standardized tests to measure the content knowledge of English Learners?

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These tests often conflate language proficiency with content knowledge, potentially masking the student's true understanding of the subject matter.

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These tests are typically untimed, which gives English Learners an unfair advantage.

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The tests often separate language proficiency from content knowledge in their scoring.

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The results are only useful for formative feedback and cannot be used for program placement.

Question 5

To get a holistic view of an English Learner's progress over time in writing, a teacher collects various work samples, including first drafts, final essays, journal entries, and self-reflections in a dedicated folder. This method of assessment is best described as:

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Portfolio assessment

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Diagnostic testing

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Summative testing

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Criterion-referenced testing

Question 6

A history test includes a question with the idiom 'he was barking up the wrong tree.' This question may introduce which type of assessment bias for an English Learner unfamiliar with this phrase?

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Linguistic bias

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Content bias

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Scoring bias

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Response bias