Table of Contents
Foreword
Eugene García
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I
Cultural Validity in Assessment—Basic Concepts
1. Assessing the Cultural Validity of Assessment Practices: An Introduction-Guillermo Solano-Flores
2. The Role of Language in Assessment- Elise Trumbull and Guillermo Solano-Flores
PART II
Assessing Students of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Backgrounds
3. Assessing English Language Learners: Critical Issues- Jamal Abedi
4. Cognition, Culture, Language, and Assessment: How to Select Culturally Valid Assessments in the Classroom- María del Rosario Basterra
5. Using Appropriate Assessment Processes: How to Get Accurate Information about the Academic Knowledge and Skills of English Language Learners – Rebecca Kopriva and Ursula Sexton
6. Ensuring Valid Educational Assessments for ELL Students: Scores, Score Interpretation, and Assessment Uses- Richard P. Durán
7. Promoting Cultural Validity in the Assessment of Bilingual Special Education Students- John J. Hoover and Janette Klingner
8. Overview of Current Federal Policies in Assessment and Accountability and Their Impact on ELL Students- Julia Lara and Magda Chia
PART III
Field Efforts to Increase Cultural Validity in Assessment
9. Language Arts: Designing and Using a Reading Assessment for Learners Transitioning to English-Only Instruction- Elise Trumbull and Nanette Koelsch
10. Addressing the Language Demands of Mathematics Assessment: Using a Language Framework and Field Research Findings- Elise Trumbull and Guillermo Solano-Flores
11. Science and Literacy Assessments with English Language Learners- Okhee Lee, Alexandra Santau, and Jaime Maerten-Rivera
PART IV
Conclusion
12. Reflections on the Promise of Cultural Validity in Assessment- Elise Trumbull, María del Rosario Basterra, and Guillermo Solano-Flores