Transforming Adult English Literacy Assessment: Introducing BEST Literacy 2.0 Date & Time: March 31, 2025 | 3:00–4:10 p.m. Central Time Location: Sanger B, COABE, Dallas, TX Presenter(s): Elyssa Sun (Center for Applied Linguistics) Amya McKoy (Center for Applied Linguistics) Anna Zilberberg (Center for Applied Linguistics) Description: Recent calls for increased rigor in adult education led to the ... Read more
Effective Differentiation and Scaffolding Strategies for Your NRS Standards-Aligned Classroom Date & Time: April 1, 2025 | 12:50–2:00 p.m. Central Time Location: Gaston A, COABE, Dallas, TX Presenter(s): Kate Moran (Center for Applied Linguistics) Mathilda Reckford (Center for Applied Linguistics) Description: Aligned to OCTAE's new NRS standards, this presentation equips adult English educators with practical strategies for ... Read more
Test Disposal 101: Assessment Industry Gold Standards and Tips from Practitioners Date & Time: April 1, 2025 | 4:50–6:00 p.m. Central Time Location: Moreno A, COABE, Dallas, TX Presenter(s): Anna Zilberberg (Center for Applied Linguistics) Amya McKoy (Center for Applied Linguistics) Elyssa Sun (Center for Applied Linguistics) Olga Escamilla (Texas A&M University–TCALL) Description: Recent calls for increased ... Read more
Stepping into the Future of Adult English Oral Proficiency Assessment: BEST Plus 3.0 Date & Time: April 2, 2025 | 12:20–1:30 p.m. Central Time Location: Sanger B, COABE, Dallas, TX Presenter(s): Anna Zilberberg (Center for Applied Linguistics) Elyssa Sun (Center for Applied Linguistics) Amya McKoy (Center for Applied Linguistics) Description: Recent calls for increased rigor in adult ... Read more
Comparability of Computer-Based and Print-Based Testing Modalities of a Scripted Oral English Language Proficiency Assessment Date & Time: April 3, 2025 | 11:00–11:30 a.m. PDT Location: California State University, Fullerton Presenter(s): Yage Leah Guo (Center for Applied Linguistics) Reshmi Kompakha (Center for Applied Linguistics) Elyssa Sun (Center for Applied Linguistics) Anna Zilberberg (Center for Applied ... Read more
Investigating Convergent Validity Evidence of an English Literacy Test Date & Time: April 4, 2025 | 05:00–05:30 p.m. PDT Location: LARC, Fullerton, CA Presenter(s): Yage Leah Guo (Center for Applied Linguistics) Reshmi Kompakha Rachel Myers Anna Zilberberg Description: Building a validity argument involves examining the relationships between test scores and other measures intended to assess ... Read more
Examining Alternate-Form Reliability in Adult ESL Literacy Assessments: A Case Study Date & Time: April 5, 2025 | 04:00–04:30 p.m. PDT Location: California State University, Fullerton Presenter(s): Leah Guo (Center for Applied Linguistics) Aubrey Sahouria (Center for Applied Linguistics) Leslie Fink(Center for Applied Linguistics) Description: One essential quality of any good assessment is reliability, which ... Read more
PreK-8 Oral Proficiency Assessment: Free Tools and Training for Education Date & Time: April 5, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. PDT Location: LARC, Fullerton, CA Presenter(s): Elyssa Sun Jamie Morgan Leslie Fink Rachel Myers Jenna Bushton Description: Interest in PK-8 world language (WL) programs has increased in recent years, and there is a growing need ... Read more
The Lapdog Syndrome: Polyethnographies of Asian Women Navigating Power and Identity Date & Time: April 19, 2025 | 2:45 – 4:15 p.m ET Location: Alcott Room, The Westin Boston Seaport District, Boston, MA Presenter(s): Christine Montecillo Leider, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Minh Nghia Nguyen, University of Massachusetts, Boston Alisha Nguyen, Lesley University Diep Nguyen, Center ... Read more
AERA 2025 Annual Meeting Presentation—A Graduate Student Perspective on ELT Preparation to Advance the Decolonization/Decolonial Project in TESOL/applied Linguistics
A Graduate Student Perspective on ELT Preparation to Advance the Decolonization/Decolonial Project in TESOL/Applied Linguistics Date & Time: April 24, 2025 | 09:50–11:20 a.m. MT Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 3G Presenter(s): Sarah Howard Description: Fostering critical dispositions (McClure & Vasconcelos, 2011) and equipping future language educators with the ... Read more
Instructional Quality in Collaborative Teaching: What Factors Support or Impede It? Date & Time: April 24, 2025 | 1:45–3:15 p.m MT Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 711 Presenter(s): Sarah Howard Description: Co-teaching is a prominent instructional model used to provide integrated language and content learning for EL-designated multilingual learners (Kibler ... Read more
Teachers' Development of Critical Consciousness Around Multilingual Families Date & Time: April 25, 2025 | 9:50–11:20 0.m MT Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 711 Presenter(s): Sarah Howard Description: Fundamental to teachers’ culturally relevant instructional practices is their knowledge of students and families (Gay, 2010; Ladson-Billings, 2014), but teachers typically receive ... Read more
Developing a Classroom Assessment System in Science: Centering Educators’ and Multilingual Students’ Voices Date & Time: April 25, 2025 | 1:30 – 3:00 p.m MT Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 403 Presenter(s): Keira Ballantyne, Brittany York, Amy Burden, Ivanna Anderson Description: The Multilingual Multimodal Science Inventory (M2-Si) is a classroom ... Read more
Design Principles for Opportunity and Thriving: Centering Multilingual Learners in Formative Assessment Date & Time: April 26, 2025 | 11:40 a.m. – 1:25 p.m MT Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 403 Presenter(s): Amy Burden, Ivanna Anderson, Keira Ballantyne, Brittany York Description: We present the process for selecting design principles that ... Read more