This is an online course.

Cost: $325 for members; $410 for nonmembers

Additional $315 for 3 graduate credits from Union Institute (optional)

If you are intending to take this course for graduate credit, you must also complete and submit the Union Institute Credit Registration form to LAPDA prior to commencing the course.

Registration:

www.lapdavt.org

Course Description:

This course explores the legal history and politics surrounding language assessment and the different test structures and methods used to assess English language learners. Participants will examine how standardized tests are used to measure language proficiency and academic achievement. With that framework in place, participants will explore how to specifically assess listening, speaking, reading, and writing, both individually and in an integrated fashion. Participants will also examine test taking issues and strategies and will look at how technology can be used in assessment. Special needs students will also be addressed.

Research base, among others: Arter, Bailey, Brown, Kuhlman, McTighe, O’Malley, TESOL

Student Expectations:

This online course is experiential and interactive. Participants will engage in a variety of activities to learn, practice, and apply the skills outlined in the course. This will include reflective journal exercises, short answers that are reviewed by a mentor/moderator, quizzes, the development of written lessons using differentiated strategies, classroom implementation of these strategies, and analysis of both the lesson and the students’ response to the lesson.  A final exam is also a part of the course. Participation in all of these areas is necessary for students to successfully complete the course with a passing grade. 

Instructor: Rinda Montgomery Conwell

Download the online syllabus here

Download the Graduate Credit Registration Form Here

How do I sign up?
Register as usual using the LAPDA Registration form. If you are intending to take this course for graduate credit, you must also complete and submit the Union Institute Credit Registration form to LAPDA prior to commencing the course. Once your registration has been processed, you will receive a course code by email from LAPDA with instructions on how to sign in to access the course. The course must be completed within 105 days. In the event that you can not complete the course within the allotted time, you must pay an additional $25 to LAPDA in order to be given a two week extension. Once you have completed the class, your grade will be submitted to Union Institute and you will receive your credit transcript within 4 weeks.

This course is offered through CE Credits Online: