Assessment

**__Assessment__** **//Rather than creating assessments near the conclusion of a unit of study (or relying on the tests provided by textbook publishers, which may not completely or appropriately assess our standards), backward design calls for us to operationalize our goals or standards in terms of assessment evidence as we begin to plan a unit or course.” (Wiggins & McTighe (1998)//**

__**Authentic/Performance Assessments**__

 * __[|CARLA Virtual Assessment Center]__ (A series of web-based learning modules that provides teachers with background information, step-by-step guidance, and many practical resources on developing proficiency-based second language assessments for the classroom)
 * [|CARLA - Backward Design and Assessment]
 * [|Formative / Summative Assessment]
 * [|University of Texas - Assessment Modules]
 * [|Performance Assessment Rubric] (Jefferson County)

__**Oral Assessment**__

 * ===[|Five Ideas to Assess Oral Communication]===

__**Portfolio Assessment**__

 * [|Portfolio Assessment] (Comprehensive information from the NCLRC - National Center for Languages Resource Center)
 * [|Linguafolio]
 * [|Linguafolio Sites] (Washington World Languages)
 * [|Language Passport]
 * [|European Language Passport]

__**Class Participation Assessment/Rubrics**__
 * [|Spanish Class Participation Rubric] (Rubric and scoring conversion by Bill Heller)
 * [|Participation Rubric] (Rubric from Manning Spanish class in Iowa)

__**Assessment Topics**__ __**Rubrics**__
 * [|Link Between Language and Assessment] (Intercultural Conference - CERCLLUA; Heidi Byrnes
 * CCFLT Assessment Wikispace
 * __[]__ (Features and advantages of rubrics, rubric templates and generators)
 * [|Rubistar] (Free, online rubric generator)
 * [] (Sample self and peer assessment rubrics which may be used in the world language classroom)
 * [|Kathy Schrock's rubrics and assessments page]
 * [|Group Project Rubric]
 * [|Rubric Resources]
 * [|RubricMaker]
 * [|Rubrics - Teachnology] (General rubric makers - class participation, homework, project, presentation, listening and many others)

__**Assessment Techniques**__ __**Assessment Tools**__ //**For assessment to be authentic and fair to the student, it must measure what students have learned to do and in the manner they learned it. Said another way, if students spend their class **////**time in learning how to “do” foreign language, assessment must measure the same thing. (Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey) **//
 * __**[|World Language Assessment - Assessment Tools]**__
 * [|NOELLA] (National Online Early Language Learning Assessment) (Available in Chinese, French, Korean, Japanese, Spanish and Russian)
 * __**[|ELLOPA and SOPA]**__
 * Wiki Links for Assessment
 * [|Kansas Assessment Tools]

Acknowledgments:
 * Rubric: http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQLivj244kuJFa3GbZG6NYPhdBJX8YbLhdR0L2izw-jkehEOwOpGg