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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:13:50 -0700
Subject: Standardized testing of proficiency

Hi,

In response to the question about oral proficiency testing using a national scale....Pittburgh  
Public Schools have administered and rated thousands of  SOPI -type assessments  
(using the ACTFL scale) over the course of the last 15 years in grades 5 and 8,  
level 3 high school, and seniors.  The beauty of the ACTFL scale is that it can  
be used to articulate programs from kindergarten through graduate school.  A description  
of the PPS program can be found in Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 40, No. 3 (Fall,  
2007).

Over the years we have given many workshops for k-12 and college level, demonstrating  
how this annual testing is done.
We are scheduled to do a full-day workshop at the upcoming NECTFL conference in  
April (see www.nectfl.org). The workshop will focus on the ACTFL scale, creating  
a SOPI-type test, and practice rating a few speech samples. Participants will  
receive a copy of sample tests in Fr, G. J, and Sp, the rating rubric, and other  
ancillary materials.

Thekla Fall, Ed.D.

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