The Accuracy of Teacher Judgment of the Oral Proficiency of High School Foreign Language Students.

Levine, Martin G.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1987

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The Accuracy of Teacher Judgment of the Oral Proficiency of High School Foreign Language Students.

Levine, Martin G.; And Others

Foreign Language Annals, v20 n1 p45-50 Feb 1987

Determines the accuracy of teacher judgment of the oral proficiency of pupils in French and Spanish high school classes. Results indicate that (1) teachers consistently overrate pupil performance and (2) the letter grade of the student in the foreign language class severely biases the accuracy of the teacher's judgment regardless of actual oral proficiency.

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Evaluative Thinking, High School Students, High Schools, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Second Language Instruction, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Test Bias

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Language: English

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