Eduardo,
I attended a whole NFLRC workshop on "Designing Effective Foreign
Language Placement Tests" in 2005. All participants were asked to
contribute to the book that just came out, edited by workshop leaders
Thom Hudson and Martyn Clark. The different case studies may help
you. All but two deal with LCTLs --not taught in High School.
My contribution called "Asterix in Testland: Can a Large Department
Resist Tests as a Part of Its Placement System and Get Away With It?"
(pp.167-175), mainly addresses the use of AP and High School years,
and you'll find some of the answers you seek in Appendix A p.172.
The book is Case Studies in Foreign Language Placement: Practices and
Possibilities, edited by Thom Hudson & Martyn Clark; National Foreign
Language Resource Center 2008.
Good luck!
Francoise
You may also want to refer to the LLTI Archives where as recently as
October 2008, Doug Canfield asked fairly similar questions.
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>>From: Eduardo Lage-Otero <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Data about language placement methods
>>Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 11:46:31 -0500
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>Dear colleagues,
>
>If your school is using AP scores, SAT II scores, years of a
>particular language in High School, or language placement exams as a
>way to place students or fulfill a language requirement, I would like
>to know how these data are used at your institution. We are trying to
>come up with more accurate ways to handle this process at my
>institution.
>Thank you for taking time to complete this short survey:
>
>http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=plO-mMH52Eh2f4e3ncKdZQw&hl=en
>
>Best,
>Eduardo
>
>Eduardo Lage-Otero, Ph. D.
>Director of Blume Language & Culture Learning Center
>Raether Library & Information Technology Center, # 121
>Trinity College
>300 Summit Street
>Hartford, CT 06106-3100
>
>Phone: (860) 297-5282
>Email: [log in to unmask]
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