Classroom Language Assessment

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Students will analyze concepts of validity/reliability, impact/washback, practicality, and social consequences through synthesizing readings and connecting with scenarios from their lives and classmates’ lives.
• Students will re-envision the assessment design cycle through innovative language learning and theories related to bi/multilingualism applying concepts from readings and scenarios.
• Students will design and critique assessment materials by describing the strengths, weaknesses, and ambiguities of the language assessment approaches.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Reenvisioning the assessment cycle: Students will write test specifications, create, and pilot innovative classroom-based language assessments.	30%
Reading responses: Students will engage in dialogues about the readings with respect to language learning related to bi-/multilingualism and the concepts of impact/washback, practicality, social consequences, validity and/or reliability.	40%
Assessment implementation: Students will develop a classroom assessment system or instrument, provide score interpretations and draft feedback different stakeholders (e.g., administrators, parents, learners, etc.)	30%

You are expected to complete all readings and participate in all assignments. This is an asynchronous course with no required attendance.

Academic expectations in participation—When you refer to readings and ideas presented in readings, you need to cite your sources, both sources from our class and also any external sources. Try to minimize quotes and focus on paraphrasing. Citations and quotes count toward your word counts for assignments. (See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ for more information about citations in APA format.)

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
95-100	A
90-94	A-
87-89	B+
83-86	B
80-82	B-
77-79	C+
73-76	C
70-72	C-
67-69	D+
63-66	D
60-62	D-
0-59	F

Attendance/Participation:

You are expected to complete all readings and participate in all assignments. This is an asynchronous course with no required attendance.

Academic expectations in participation—When you refer to readings and ideas presented in readings, you need to cite your sources, both sources from our class and also any external sources. Try to minimize quotes and focus on paraphrasing. Citations and quotes count toward your word counts for assignments. (See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ for more information about citations in APA format.)

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.