Ongoing Assessment

Use Steps in the classroom to:

• support planning and programming

• implement differentiated instruction

• track language proficiency

• adapt expectations through accommodations and/ or modifications

English as a Second Language (ESL)- have had opportunities to develop age-appropriate first language literacy skills

English Literacy Development (ELD)-have had limited or interrupted opportunities for schooling in their first language. For more information about special considerations for ELD, go to ELD - English Language Development