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Publication Date: 2007-Oct
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Assessing Students' Oral Proficiency: A Case for Online Testing
Fall, Thekla; Adair-Hauck, Bonnie; Glisan, Eileen
Foreign Language Annals, v40 n3 p377-406 Oct 2007
This article reports on the Pittsburgh Public Schools Oral Ratings Assessment for Language Students (PPS ORALS) project, a Title VI Foreign Language Assistance Program grant-funded project to create an online testing Software program that makes large-scale oral testing in a world language not only feasible, but also easy to create, administer, and rate. The primary purpose of this article is to present the PPS ORALS assessment model as a valid Instrument for determining students' oral proficiency on the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Scale. A second goal of the article is to present ways in which large-scale, districtwide oral proficiency testing at grade 5, grade 8, level 3 high school, and grade 12 can be accomplished feasibly. Finally, the article shares the results of the PPS ORALS over a four-year period and offers implications for the future. (Contains 17 notes, 6 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Testing, Language Tests, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness, Grade 3, Grade 8, Grade 5, Grade 12, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Program Evaluation, Computer Assisted Testing, Second Language Learning, Test Validity, Grants, School Districts, Futures (of Society), Student Evaluation, Internet, Computer Software
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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