Poster #17 - Designing a Formative Assessment Tool to Support the Development of English Learners' Argumentation Skills

• In Event: 81.034 - MTCC Poster Session 20
  In Poster Session: 81.034-4 - Cognition and Assessment Poster Session

Abstract

This study investigated how middle school English learners interact with a game-enhanced scenario-based assessment of argumentation skills that teachers can use to support their ongoing formative assessment process. The target skills included identifying and classifying opinions on a controversial issue. Here, we present the assessment design, results from a pilot study (N=163), and implications for providing language supports for English learners.

Authors

• Yi Song, Educational Testing Service

• Jesse R. Sparks, Educational Testing Service

• Danielle Guzman-Orth, Educational Testing Service