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Modifying assessment so that English Language Learners don’t get penalized for their language challenges can be tricky for content teachers.

Here are resources offering not-very-difficult ways to do it (you might also be interested in The Best Resources On “Differentiated Grading” For English Language Learners):

Collaboration Through the End: Co-Constructing Assessments is by Tan Huynh.

ADAPTING CLASSROOM ASSESSMENTS FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS is from The Mississippi Department of Education.

Making Assessments More Equitable for Multilingual Learners is from Edutopia.

Research-Based Recommendations for the Use of Accommodations in Large-scale Assessments is from The Center on Instruction.

Assessment Strategies for English-Language Learners is the headline of one of my Education Week column.