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How can you tell when a student has a language-learning disability and when he or she is merely in the normal process of acquiring a second language?

The following are sample charts you can use when assessing students informally in the classroom. Most of the assessments here should be given one-on-one.

These six short video clips give you the chance to watch and learn effective classroom-based assessment strategies. The video clips are from Reading Rockets' PBS television series Launching Young Readers. video

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