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Technology-mediated Assessment: Documenting Learners' Progress
Carl FalsgrafCenter for Applied Second Language Studies
University of [email protected]
The Ecology of Assessment
Falsgraf, C. (2009). The Ecology of Assessment. Language Teaching. 42:4. 491-503.
Statement of Intended Test Use (Norris, 2006)
Why What is the purpose?
Who Who will be tested?
What What content and format will be used?
For Whom Who is the audience?
An Assessment EcosystemWHO
FOR WHOM
WHAT
WHY
INTENDED USE
PlacementGradesMastery check
ChildrenIncoming froshAirline pilots
TeacherParentsAdmissions staff
GrammarProficiencyFluency
WHY: Check mastery/ assign gradeWHO: StudentsWHAT: Entire course curriculumFOR WHOM: Teacher
WHO AM I?
ORAL PROFICIENCY INTERVIEWWHY:
WHO:
WHAT:
FOR WHOM:
YOUR ASSESSMENT
WHY:WHOWHAT:FOR WHOM:
Your assessment systemWHY:
WHO:
WHAT:
FOR WHOM:
Another WhyASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING
“Assessment Manifesto” Stiggins (2008)Effective classroom assessment improves student performance .5~1.0 standard deviations. (Black & Wiliam, 1998)Goal setting using LinguaFolio improves student performance (Moeller, forthcoming)
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNINGFrom auditing to informingFrom extrinsic to intrinsic focusFrom teacher control to learner control
How Can This Be?Daniel Pink DriveWhat motivates people?
Not carrots and sticks *
Autonomy, mastery, purpose
www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
Proficiency, Motivation, and Enrollments
CanDo LearningWhy? To improve
learning
Who? Learners
For whom? Learners
What? Portfolio of goals/evidence
LinguaFolio and CanDo learning• The tool is not the approach
• The approach does not require the tool
• The tool facilitates the approach
Passport
CanDo Checklist
AL interpersonalNH writing
Modest Proposals1. A balanced assessment system can improve
student performance.2. Extrinsic rewards (grades) can induce diligence, but
not creative language use.3. Intrinsic rewards (autonomy, mastery, purpose) can
improve proficiency, retention, and enrollments.4. CanDo learning is a pedagogically sound way of
providing intrinsic rewards. 5. LinguaFolio Online is a practical tool that can
facilitate Can Do learning.
