TSL 420 Assessment &

Evaluation of Language
Minority Students
Case Study Screen Cast
School: Warner Elementary
Resource Teacher: Aaron Baum
Student: Ludwig Maza-Flores
First Language: Spanish


Reading Assessment #1
Self Assessment of
Reading Strategies
Strengths,
weaknesses, and
attitude toward
reading


Reading Assessment #2
Alternative Authentic Assessment Pictorial
Summary and Interview Retelling
AR Reading Level
John Henry
Holistic Rubric: 4 /6
Expanding



Writing Assessment #1
Thank you card to
teacher
Specific writing prompt
and rubric: 10/12
Writing
Assessment
#2
Graphic Organizer
Summary Story Map

Listening Assessment #1
Listening 123
100%

Listening Assessment #2
The Interview
www.englishmedialab.com
Score: 9/13

Speaking Assessment #1
Oral Interview
4/6 on Holistic Oral
Language Rubric
Speaking
Assessment #2
Assessment Rubric:
Teacher Assessment:
16/20
Student Self-Check:16/20
Assessment Summary:
Reading
Results
Fluency: near native,
expressive
Comprehension: focus
on the interesting details
and misses the plot
Vocabulary: needs
guidance, stumbled over
specialized vocabulary
Strategies: uses a variety
of reading strategies

Intervention
Strategies for Reading Comprehension:
Read Aloud Plus
Language experience Approach
Interactive Writing
Guided Reading
Interactive Comprehension
Cloze
Attribute Charting
Cohesion Links
Dictoglos
Free Voluntary Reading
Repetition and Innovation
GIST Syntax Surgery


Assessment Summary:
Writing
Results
Dependent
Simplistic
Purposeful
Lacks Content
Functional
Intervention
Writing Workshop:
Supporting the
acquisition of English
Vocabulary Processing: a
multi-strategy approach
to building and using
vocabulary
Assessment Summary:
Listening
Results
Needs to pay more
attention to details.
Good with basic listening
skills.
Intervention
Interactive
Comprehension
Multiple Intelligences
Strategies
Assessment Summary:
Speaking
Results
Near-Native Fluency
Slight accent and
mispronunciations (th=d)
(r=l)

Intervention
Story Reenactment
Readers Theater
Professional
Development
Rubrics need to be detailed.
Assessments need to be at grade/skill level (will
learn in time).
Earning the students trust and helping them
become better students is fun!
Creative assessments with pictures, books, and
technology engage and motivate students.