摘要：This paper focuses on the educational needs of adolescent newcomers, a special population ofEnglish language learner (﴾ELL)﴿ students who arrive in the United States and enter the school system inmiddle or high school. We outline the particular challenges adolescent newcomers face in U.S. schoolsand propose a new assessment system to meet their educational needs. Adolescent newcomers havediverse educational backgrounds and bring a large range of academic knowledge with them to U.S.schools. Currently, there is no assessment system that measures the students’ academic knowledgeupon entry to schools in the United States or that tracks the progress of the students. Thisinformation is critical for educators of adolescent newcomers in order to provide the students withappropriate instruction. We outline what an ideal battery of assessments for these students wouldconsist of and discuss some of the challenges involved in implementing such assessments.
