(courtesy by Fowdy and Hendrickson)
Standards Based Curriculum Design and Assessment:
- Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Executive Summary (PDF). http://www.actfl.org
- ACTFL Performance Descriptors for Language Learners, 2012 Edition. http://www.actfl.org
- ACTFL Language Proficiency Assessments/Language Performance Assessments. http://www.languagetesting.com/aappl, LTI, The ACTFL Testing Office (800 486-8444)
- Adair-Hauck, Bonnie, Glisan, Eileen, Troyan, Francis., Implementing Integrated Performance Assessment, ACTFL. 2013 http://www.actfl.org
- Alignment of the National Standards for Learning Languages with the Common Core Standards. http://www.actfl.org/files/Aligning_CCSS_Language_Standards_v6.pdf
- Planning Curriculum for Learning World Languages, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 2002. http://dpi.wi.gov/pubsales/index.html
- Phillips, June K. and Abbot, Marty, (2011). A Decade of Foreign Language Standards, Impact, Influence, and Future Directions, http://www.actfl.org (Publications)
- CARLA (Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota) http://www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/CreateUnit/p_2.html
- Clementi, Donna and Terrill, Laura, The Keys to Planning for Learning, ACTFL. 2013 http://www.actfl.org
- Duncan, Greg., Resources that can facilitate the teaching and learning of world languages. See “Lesson Planning”. http://resourcesfromgreg.wikispaces.com/Welcome
- Fairfax County Public Schools. K-12 World Languages. *Assessments* (Rubrics for evaluating performance assessments in the three modes of the communication standard) http://www.fcps.edu/is/worldlanguages/index.shtml
- Glastonbury Schools Foreign Language. Curriculum information and essential questions. https://www.glastonburyus.org/curriculum/foreignlanguage/Pages/default.aspx/
- Kentucky Department of Education: World Language Standards. Walk Through Tools for Administrators: Positive and negative indicators for effective World Language Instruction: http://education.ky.gov/curriculum/wlang/Pages/Walk-Through-Tools-for-Administrators.aspx
- Moeller, Aleidine J. and Roberts, Amy. “Keeping it in the Target Langauge,”2013 Report of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2013. http://www.csctfl.org/documents/2013Report/Chapter%202.pdf
- New Jersey World Language Curriculum Framework http://www.state.nj.us/education/frameworks/worldlanguages/
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills, www.p.21.org
- Sandrock, Paul. The Keys to Assessing Language Performance. ACTFL. 2010 http://www.actfl.org
- Sandrock, Paul, ACTFL Regional Workshops Presentations and Resources http://actflregionalworkshop.wikispaces.com/
- Shrum, Judith L. and Glisan, Eileen W. Teacher’s Handbook Contextualized Language Instruction. Thomson / Heinle. Boston, MA 2005
- TELL Project: www.tellproject.com The Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning (TELL) is a collection of products and processes that can be used to enhance the effectiveness of world language teachers.
Examples of IPA’s
- http://lauraterrill.wikispaces.com/ Examples for various themes and levels and supporting rubric resources
- http://ccflt2012.wikispaces.com/What+is+an+Integrated+Performance+Assessment%3F Presentations Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers (Examples from Toni Theisen and others)
- http://www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/CreateUnit/e_1.htmlhttp://carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/CreateUnit/unit_examples.html CARLA (Minnesota)
- http://flenj.org/CAPS/toas.shtml The assessment tasks found on this web site are the product of three years of work by teachers in four New Jersey school districts.
Backward Design:
- Wiggins, Grant and McTighe, Jay. Understanding by Design. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. 2001
- Wiggins, Grant and McTighe, Jay ,Essential Questions-Opening doors to Student Understanding, ASCD, Alexandria Virginia. 2013
- Wiggins, Grant. “What is an essential question?” Big Ideas-Authentic Education On-line journal. http://www.authenticeducation.org/ae_bigideas/article.lasso?artid=53
Assessment:
- AAPPL (ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages) http://aappl.actfl.org/
- Department of Public Instruction of North Carolina and NCSSFL Video series on implementation and use of LinguaFolio: www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/linguafolio/6122
- LinguaFolio Online for middle, secondary and postsecondary learners http://casls.uoregon.edu/pages/tools/linguafolio.php
- Linguafolio Wisconsin (download paper copy of Linguafolio and Linguafolio K-8) www.WAFLT.org
- NCSSFL’s LinguaFolio page http://www.ncssfl.org/LinguaFolio/index.php?linguafolio_index