Assessment Tools

Language Proficiency Tests Most Commonly Used in the U.S. A.

These tests listed are widely used but they are not necessarily endorsed by this project:

• Ballard and Tighe Language Assessment Tools and Resources
  https://www.ballard-tighe.com/
• Idea Proficiency Test (IPT)
  http://www.ctb.com/
• Language Assessment Scales (LAS)
  http://www.tasaliteracy.com/
• MAC II Test of English Language Proficiency
  http://assess.nelson.com/test-ind/wmls.html
• Secondary Level English Proficiency Test (SLEP) http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/assessment /initassess-resources.shtml
• Woodcock-Munoz Language Survey 2001
  http://www.ets.org/tests/stest.html#S050
• Language Proficiency Tests: Annotated Bibliography
  http://positivepractices.com/BilingualEducation/ LanguageProficiencyTestsA.html

Selected Assessment Instruments	Adobe PDF	MS Word
Kohl's Cultural Values Continuum
History of School Placement and Language
Stages of Reading Development in a Dual Language Context