Becoming an emergency medical technician (EMT) or paramedic can take anywhere from one to three years, depending on a studentâs choice of career and educational path. EMT training focuses on life support techniques in first-response situations, including CPR, tourniquet application, and treatment of wounds.MT basic training (EMT-B) takes anywhere from six months to two years to complete, depending on the institution. These programs are offered at technical institutes and community colleges and typically include 120 to 150 hours of coursework.
When educators spend precious instructional time administering and scoring assessments, the utility of the results should be worth the time and effort spent. They want to understand the results and use them to meaningfully adjust instruction and better support student learning. This is what consequential relevance is.
Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English Language Learners by Laura Alvarez, Sri Ananda, AÃ­da Walqui, Edynn Sato, and Stanley Rabinowitz Formative assessment has the potential to enhance teaching and learning, especially for those students who face particular chal-lenges, such as English Language Learners (ELL students). In this paper, we examine how formative assessment can enhance the teaching and learning of ELL students in particular. We highlight the opportunities and challenges inherent in integrating forma-tive assessment into instruction for ELL students in the era of the Common Core and other ânext generationâ standards. We argue that in order to use formative assessment effectively with this