Whose judgment counts?

by Evangeline Harris Stefanakis

Evangeline Stefanakis offers a clear introduction to the issues involved for bilingual students and the role that classroom assessment plays in their school experiences. She summarizes what the research tells us, then provides case studies of a group of highly skilled teachers assessing bilingual children. These success stories capture the intricacies of classroom assessment and provide real-life examples of what effective teachers know about informally assessing young children on a day-to-day basis. They are written within a sociocultural framework, which takes into account the complex social, cultural, and linguistic issues involved in learning.