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\"\"<\/a>Thursday evening on #langchat we had a great discussion about what had worked well for us in 2017. \u00a0When I shared that I had begun having my students graph their progress toward proficiency, several people expressed interest. So I thought I\u2019d type up a quick post about what we\u2019ve been doing and what I\u2019ve learned from the process.<\/span><\/p>\n

I began by passing out <\/span>this document<\/span><\/a> when I returned the students\u2019 first IPA of the year. Although I am clearly evaluating classroom performance in my assessments, it is important to me that my students see their progress in terms of language proficiency, so I use the proficiency rubrics from the Ohio Department of Education for <\/span>presentational writing<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>interpersonal speaking<\/span><\/a>. As the directions on the graph document indicate, I had the students place a dot in the appropriate square for each IPA and then draw a line connecting their dots. \u00a0I had them use the same graph, but two different colored lines for presentational writing and interpersonal speaking. \u00a0Here are a few of the graphs from my French 2 classes: <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are a few reasons why I consider the simple task of graphing proficiency\/performance progress to be one of my successes in 2017. \u00a0For one, I LOVED the conversations that I heard among my students as they completed their graphs each time. \u00a0It is so much more meaningful to hear \u201cI moved up to Intermediate Low 1\u201d than \u201cI got a B.\u201d \u00a0These graphs are also a great visual for my students. \u00a0As we transition toward teaching for proficiency (and away from discrete point assessments) some students question \u201cwhat\u201d they\u2019re learning. \u00a0These graphs help students to see their progress in a concrete way.<\/span><\/p>\n

These graphs also inform my instructional and assessment practices. \u00a0Because nearly every student performed lower on the 3rd IPA, I had to take a long, hard look at this assessment (from <\/span>this post<\/span><\/a>). \u00a0My conclusion is that the prompts that I used for the writing and speaking tasks did not encourage the students to stretch in a way that would demonstrate their highest proficiency\/performance. \u00a0Few students ask the variety of questions that would enable them to demonstrate Intermediate interpersonal communication and most did not include the compound sentences, creativity and cultural competence described in the Intermediate descriptors for the presentational mode. I clearly need to either change these prompts and provide additional direction and targeted practice the next time I teach this unit. I also wonder whether some of the results may indicate a lack of evaluator reliability on my part. \u00a0As with most rubrics, there is a bit of subjectivity and I hope to increase my consistency as I continue to use these rubrics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Image Credit:\u00a0http:\/\/www.publicdomainfiles.com\/show_file.php?id=13489790414892<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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