[eal-bilingual] Testing of EAL pupils

All pupils wishing to join our school (secondary) are tested to find the 
approriate group for them.  Our EAL pupils are consistently coming out with 
low scores so are placed in the bottom groups.  After a few lessons it 
becomes apparent that the pupils are wrongly placed - they should be going 
into higher ability groups.

How do other schools test their EAL pupils' ability?  Any advice/info 
offered gratefully received.

Helen

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