Assessing Students' Oral Proficiency: A Case for Online Testing

Autor/inn/en	Fall, Thekla; Adair-Hauck, Bonnie; Glisan, Eileen
Titel	Assessing Students' Oral Proficiency: A Case for Online Testing
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 40 (2007) 3, S.377-406 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
DOI	10.1111/j.1944-9720.2007.tb02865.x
Schlagwörter	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; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testdurchführung; Testen; Language test; Sprachtest; Messdaten; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Testvalidität; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; School district; Schulbezirk; Future; Society; Zukunft; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung
Abstract	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.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. 700 South Washington Street Suite 210, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 703-894-2900; Fax: 703-894-2905; e-mail: headquarters@actfl.org; Web site: http://www.actfl.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10