Implications for Assessment
- FLAD
- Foreign Language Assessment Directory
- Understanding Assessment Tutorial
- Heritage Language Assessment Module
- Post-Secondary World Language Assessment Module
- Introduction
- Proficiency
- Placement Testing
- Assessment Plans
- Assessment Plans: The Why
- Assessment Plans: The How
- Aligning Assessment with Instruction
- Performance-based Assessment Tasks
- Designing Performance-based Assessment Tasks
- Scoring Performance-based Assessment Tasks
- Using Integrated Performance Assessments
- Designing Integrated Performance Assessments
- Intercultural Communicative Competence
- Assessing Intercultural Communication
- Assessing Cultures
- Assessment and Program Articulation
- Summary of Best Practices
- Show What You Know!
- Putting It All Together
- Resources
What does this mean for assessment?
Knowing your students and teaching context is an essential step in selecting assessment tools and using appropriate assessment practices. Later in the module, you will have the opportunity to complete a needs assessment to help you think about your own students’ characteristics and classroom needs and what these might mean for your assessment practices.
For now, here are some questions to keep in mind:
- Which student characteristics are most relevant for your context when thinking about assessment?
- Which classroom needs are most relevant for your context when thinking about assessment?
- What skills are you assessing? How will this affect different types of learners? How feasible will this be for your program?
- What additional considerations must be made for assessment based on your student population and teaching context?