A Study of Foreign Language Proficiency Based Testing in Secondary Schools  

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Huebner, Thom ; Jensen, Anne

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Foreign Language Annals (Full Text; di PROQUEST 2004 - terbaru) vol. 25 no. 2 (Apr. 1992), page 105-115.
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As foreign language education moves towaml pmficiency-based teaching and testing, few studies have lookedsystematically at its @fects on student performance, classroom methods and materials, teacher expectations, andprogmm administmtion, particularly at the secondav level. examines the ef- fects of district-wide ACTFL Oral Ptqficiency Interview (OPI) testing. Specifically, the study asks, “Do students who pet$orm well on the OPI also perform well on more traditional measurnof studentsuccess?”and “What other t$.fects ifanj does omlproficienncy testing have on a fomign language pmgmm? ” Multivariate The study reported here ~ ~ ~ analyses of variance were performed on scores from the OPI and the subscales of the College Board Foreign Language Achievement Rst from 492 third fourth, and fifth year high school foreign language students. Qualitative data in- clude idormation from interviews, observa- tions, and a questionnaire distributed to ad- ministmtors, teachers and students. Significant cornlatiom wetv found between student pegor- mane at the higher levels of the OPIand on the achievement tests. Furthermore, the benefits of the om1 proficiency testing pmgmm extended beyond student performance to the sense of common direction it provided to teachers and progmm

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