How are students graded and assessed, since they are learning in two different languages?
The students are assessed in each language. In kindergarten, we divide the assessment – I do all of the math assessment (which doesn’t mean that my partner does no math, but the parents know anything on the math portion of the report card will be assessed in Spanish). The reading readiness portion is assessed in English ( which, again, doesn’t mean that I don’t cover those skills in Spanish!). We both assess color names and letter names and sounds. We give a common grade for fine motor skills and for behaviors/social skills/work habits. We each give a separate grade for the listening and speaking portion, as this will be quite different depending on the student’s first language. You should check with other grade levels for more info on this question.
