Jen responds to Claire in a comment which I divided up and made into four posts (easier to read):
Wow! This whole series of articles 1-7 has gotten me even more fired up. I have not read all the comments yet, and will do that, but one of my burning questions is how to translate assessment into “grading.” They are 2 different animals. They don’t go together. Grading in SLA and ESL seems completely unethical to me. We don’t compare a 2 year old to an 8 year old and give the older child an A because he “knows more language.” WE don’t even compare a 2 year old to our neighbor’s 2 year old and give one of them an A bc they said “mama” first.