Assesing Language

We mainly talked about the assessment of language in today's class. The main thing that we talked about was the actual assessment of language. When a teacher is assessing a student you must make sure that you are using an assessment that has been tested in many different norms and has yielded positive results in the tests it has already administered. We looked at an assessment in class in our groups and we saw just how difficult it can be to make a positive assessment and how good they can be. My group got a great assessment. These were the questions that my group had and I think that they were great questions!1. How do you deal with the challenges of young kids and assessing them for language disorders? (some kids just don't talk and have no language problems at all, or sometimes they just develop a tad slower but catch on)2. How do you handle an assessment for a child who is an ELL?3. What ways can you as a teacher enhance language skills in the classroom?