Why is it important for adult ESL programs to have a comprehensive assessment and evaluation plan?
The mark of a quality adult ESL program is developing a coherent plan for implementing and evaluating instruction and assessing learner progress. Various stakeholders—learners, instructors, program administrators, funding agencies—may require different information from assessment and evaluation. Learners want to see how they are progressing, teachers want feedback on the effectiveness of their instruction, program administrators want proof of program success in meeting the goals of the program and the needs of the learners, and funding agencies would like to see that their money is being well spent. A single assessment may not meet all of these demands. For example, the results from a standardized test that funding agencies might use to compare learner gains across programs may not give information that is readily understandable by learners. Whereas feedback on a teacher-made vocabulary quiz may indicate how many new words the learners can use, these results would not be used for compa
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