Assessments

Literacy Work Reading Demonstration: This 23-minute video shows how to carry out a one-on-one needs assessment of an ESOL literacy learner using everyday items that are familiar, such as sales flyers and food packaging.

Emergent Readers: Two free downloadable diagnostic assessments are available here, BATT (below) and a Phonics for ESL Diagnostic.

“Beginning Alphabetics Tests and Tools (BATT) strives to provide a ‘principled’ system for ABE/ESL teachers who want and/or need to develop their students’ knowledge of Roman alphabet letters, English letter-sound patterns, sight or high frequency words, and transfer of those letter-sound-word skills to text fluency and comprehension. BATT includes (1) teacher-friendly tests for determining known and unknown skills, (2) evidence-based reading instructional practices, orders, approaches, and lesson plans for teaching unknown skills, (3) teacher-tested lists of other activities and materials, and (4) time-saving teacher resources.”

Free downloadable native language screening assessments in 28 languages are available here. (Note: a bilingual person should score this assessment.)

Intercambio placement assessments (individual and group) - for Confidence and Connections curriculum