Using Teaching Strategies GOLD® to Assess Children
who are English-Language Learners English- and dual-language learners are students who are developing the ability to understand and speak more than one language.
Even some math objectives are language –neutral.
For example, on 9a “uses an expanding expressive vocabulary”, if a student cannot yet speak English, but is using gestures to communicate, he/she would be on level 2 “vocalizes and gestures to communicate”.
“Not yet” would only be used if the student does not yet demonstrate any knowledge, skills or behaviors along the progression, even at level 1.
This would be used only in rare instances.
There may be immersion p...
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