Teachers have a rich store of knowledge concerning student language use. They know, for example, who quickly and accurately answers questions, who strays off topic, and who remains silent. Help teachers harness what they know about language with this easy-to-use language development rubric. Ten general categories of classroom language use (answers questions, speaks in sentences, uses vocabulary, etc.) are divided into 5 levels with descriptions of language behavior at each level.
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