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New Praxis World Languages Series
National World Language Teacher Certification SummitDecember 10, 2009
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Goals of Session
• Development Process Highlights– Why and how we developed the series– ACFTL Collaboration
• Series Design • State Use – Multi-state Standard Setting Study
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Why change the current tests?
• To align with ACTFL Standards which emphasize– Performance-based assessment– Producing competent language users to interact in a
global community
• To adhere to ETS standards for periodic review and if necessary, revision of our assessments
• To improve our delivery system for language tests
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Praxis test development focused on:
• National Standards – ACTFL• Practitioner Involvement – National Advisory
Committee (NAC) • 13 states represented • ACTFL representative included
• Job Relevant Content – Job Analysis Survey • 2,159 surveys were returned to ETS• Only competencies judged as relevant to the job of the
beginning teacher are selected for test
• Pilot test for new question prototypes
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What are the new offerings?
• World Language: Spanish
• World Language: French
• World Language: German
• World Language: Pedagogy
• World Language: Mandarin (in development)
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Praxis WL Language tests uniform design
• Language Tests cover 4 domains:– Listening with Cultural Knowledge
• 36 mc questions
– Reading with Cultural Knowledge• 39 mc questions
– Writing • 3 cr questions
– Speaking• 3 cr questions
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Praxis WL: Pedagogy Test Design
• Language Acquisition Theories and Acquisition Instructional Practices
• 18 mc questions or 32 %
• Integration of Standards into Curriculum and Instruction
• 13 mc or 23%
• Assessment of Languages and Cultures• 14 mc or 24%
• Integrated Skills Instructional Practices• 2 cr or 21%
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Licensure/Certification
• State regulated process• Grants permission to practice• Indicates that all requirements have been met
– Course requirements– Supervised clinical experience– Testing
• High stakes• Legally defensible• Doesn’t predict performance• Focused on core knowledge important for beginning
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State Test Use and Standard Setting
• Each state agency sets its own passing score. How much is enough for beginning practitioner?
• As part of the process they consider:– practitioner recommendations collected in a
Standard Setting Study– any available performance data– supply and demand in their state– access to the profession for sub-group populations
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Standard Setting Study
• ETS recently initiated use of multi-state standard setting studies
• Previously all studies were state specific, and each state would need to convene a group of at least 10 practitioners to conduct the study
• Small volume tests presented sometimes insurmountable problems particularly in small states
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Multi-state approach for Standard Setting Study
• Reduced state burden to recruit educators• Greater educator input into the passing score
recommendation – up to 50 educators• More efficient process for moving states from old
to new tests• Allows for multiple rounds of panel judgments,
feedback and discussion• More support for states seeking greater
interstate portability
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Next Steps for World Language Series
• States are currently making score decisions based on the results of the multi-state study
• Tests will be administered in 2010-2011 testing year
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• Questions? Contact:
• Florence Cucchi• Client Relations Director
• 609.683.2147• [email protected]