Assessment in EFL Classrooms - How to, Tips, Resources and What works.

Find here lots of resources to help you learn about appropriate methods of assessment in language classrooms. It is an important and "large" field and hopefully these videos and materials will help you with your own classroom practices. Also see Andrew Finch's Comprehensive List of Assessment resources/sites. This folder also has many assessment resources.

Full Level Test 1 / Full Level Test 2
/ Quick Placement Test / 4 min Placement Test

TOEFL Demo / TOEIC Demo / GRE Verbal Abilities Test

More on the PRACTICE page.

Tags: assessment, testing

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Language Assessment - Principles and Classroom Practice.pdf, 26.8 MB
assessing speaking.ppt, 1.4 MB
Interview and placement test.ppt, 1.1 MB

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Permalink Reply by ddeubel on March 31, 2009 at 2:33am

This video highlights forms of alternative testing - like tracking sheets, student portfolios, projects, presentations etc.....
See the videos on assessments and especially alternative assessment, in the teacher training area. (see man website links in #10).

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Alternative Assessment.pdf, 58 KB
alternative assessment video transcript.doc, 49 KB
collaborative analysis of student work.pdf, 1.3 MB

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Permalink Reply by ddeubel on March 31, 2009 at 2:52am

Rubrics are standard formative assessment tools in the English language classroom. Rubistar is on of several online rubric makers but you can easily make your own (and even better if you discuss and make this with students!). The attached blank rubric form can be easily completed using the descriptors provided for each level (1, 2, 3 or 4).

See the attached Placement speaking rubric and form for recording Korean student's marks and fluency levels......

Here's an intro video about Rubistar...

RubiStar.pdf

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Permalink Reply by ddeubel on March 31, 2009 at 2:56am

It is often good to discuss with colleagues and others how they evaluate. It is in this way, we come upon norms of delivery and evaluation within our own teaching context. Here's a nice look at how one Middle School teacher in Daegu evaluates her students.

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Permalink Reply by ddeubel on April 1, 2009 at 3:04am

These WIDA (world class instructional design and assessment) sample tests are great ways to evaluate students for some kind of standard.

Also see these Canadian Language Benchmarks ( see the speaking part/rubrics) which are the international standard for evaluating on a function (what students can do) basis.

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WIDASampletests112.pdf, 9.3 MB
canadian language benchmarks (full).pdf, 611 KB

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Permalink Reply by ddeubel on April 4, 2009 at 6:18am

Here are the standards upon which WIDA is based....

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WIDA speaking writing rubrics.pdf, 50 KB
WIDA proficiency standards 6-12.pdf, 987 KB
WIDA proficiency standards k-5.pdf, 1.8 MB

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Permalink Reply by ddeubel on April 4, 2009 at 6:21am

This Assessment guide is a thorough review of all assessment measures available (standard ones) and offers advice on administering and organizing assessment in the classroom.

This ELL glossary offers some definition to the "alphabet soup" of terms regarding EFL and especially assessment.

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Permalink Reply by ddeubel on April 11, 2009 at 8:54am

This more general talk about formative and summative assessment is a good overview.

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Permalink Reply by ddeubel on May 12, 2009 at 11:56pm

Here is the interview and placement test. Find the ppt attached with a hard copy and also a list for tracking/recording student marks.

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Interview and placement test.ppt, 1.1 MB
rubric - evaluation.rtf, 92 KB
placement speaking test.doc, 585 KB

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Permalink Reply by ddeubel on May 13, 2009 at 12:05am

I mentioned the videos on Alternative Assessment. Here is the actual video. Get the worksheets and transcript See the others by clicking TEACHER TRAINING above...

This SOLOM matrix is good for general level evaluation. Use it and the other organizers from the Helping ELLs succeed Assessment chapter. A good basic read about assessment in EFL.

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solom observation matrix 3.doc, 37 KB
letstalk(PPTforIcebreakandLevelTest).ppt, 899 KB
Helping ELLs Succeed Assessment.pdf, 102 KB

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Permalink Reply by ddeubel on May 13, 2009 at 6:40pm

The Powerpoint at the beginning outlines how to use a checklist to test oral fluency through retelling and sequencing.

Here's the Heungbu / Nolbu story we used for retelling. Also go to www.expertvillage.com for the "HOW TO " videos I mentioned.

The other alternative assessments and online tools mentioned are

Voicethread
Voxopop
Evoca - email drop box for audio recording. See an example on our main page. You can send me an mp3 recording!

and go HERE to see the Online Oral Language Test which pre service teachers at Kyungpook Nat. Univ. of Education in Daegu took. 15 questions - all recorded on Voxopop. (Please don't record yourself!!! Only for viewing/listening purposes but I hope SMOE will one day do something like this!)

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