Assessing English Language Development

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This page contains information on using scoring Rubrics to Assess English Language Proficiency on each of the four language modes: Writing, Reading, Speaking, and Listening.

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Assessments and Rubrics

Language Assessment: What it Measures and How 10/04/2007 (189.50 KB)

Scoring Rubrics to gauge English Language Proficiency are provided as a supplement to the Oregon English Language Proficiency Standards. The descriptors in each of the scoring rubrics have been researched to provide an accurate measure of English language proficiency for a wide variety of language functions.

The scoring rubrics are not mandatory. They are intended for use by classroom teachers as a way to gauge students' on-going progress in the acquisition of English and as one way to inform instruction.