The development of refined and validated Language Australia ESL Bandscales for improved assessment, reporting and outcomes of English-as-a-second-language learners in schools.

四分之一的学生(移民背景和土著学生)不讲英语，许多人将英语作为第二语言或方言(ESL/ESD)。由于根据识字基准测试，许多人处于危险之中，因此需要最佳的ESL知情教学、报告和评估。广泛使用了8年的ESL BandScale将使用定量(Rasch模型)和定性技术进行经验验证，以提供更可信的教学/报告地图。一个研究小组，包括3个APAI，将利用和改进对移民背景和土著学习者的行业合作伙伴教师的理解和评估，形成新的ESL/ESD学习地图(S)，出版为ESL BandScale II。

One in four school students (migrant-background and indigenous) are non-English speaking background, many speaking English-as-a-second-language or dialect (ESL/ESD). Since many are 'at risk' according to Literacy Benchmarks testing, optimal ESL-informed teaching, reporting and assessment is needed. The ESL Bandscales, widely used for 8 years, will be empirically validated using quantitative (Rasch modeling) and qualitative techniques to provide a more trustworthy teaching/reporting map. A team of researchers, including 3 APAIs, will draw on and improve understandings and assessment of Industry Partner teachers of migrant-background and indigenous learners, resulting in a new map(s) of ESL/ESD learning, published as ESL Bandscales II.