This guide has been created to accompany the Lancaster, Pa., School District's Bilingual/ESL Reading Assessment Materials. The guide includes reading tests and information about how the tests were made, about how to give and score the tests, and about how to use test results. The tests are designed to help the teacher monitor changes in students'…

This is a teacher's guide for "Poor Simpleton," a language test designed for students of English in bilingual programs. The guide explains the nature of the test, how to administer and score it, and how to analyze test results. The test is a modified version of the cloze procedure. Unlike most cloze tests, which are…