Assessing EAL children

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We want to do a thorough assessment of a sample of our EAL children to set a baseline. We can then measure the impact of strategies we use. Has anyone used an effective assessment for EAL children?

Can I follow?

We use the cefr assessments to show baseline language skills

Thanks. Forgot to say, we’re a primary school so assessing age 4 up.

I work with EAL children in a primary school and we track progress using NASSEA steps. The Bell Foundation and Solihull Council have good, step-by-step tools too.

If you find a good baseline assessment tool, I’d be very interested. I’ve cobbled together my own to assess speaking, listening, reading and writing. This one Milton Keynes looks like the sort of thing I do.