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Zapata, Gabriela C. – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
In 2013, Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) was adopted at all levels of instruction at a private university in southern California. The study reports the opinions of 1,236 Novice, Intermediate Low, and Intermediate Mid Spanish students concerning IPA and their perceptions of the way in which classroom instruction was reflected in the content…
Descriptors: Spanish, College Students, Student Attitudes, Language Proficiency
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Verdi, Michael P.; Riggs, Matt L.; Riggs, Iris M. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2012
A group of 87 teacher certification candidates in a program at a large university in Southern California took the California Teaching Performance Assessment task for assessing learners in 2004-2005. These candidates' tests were analyzed with qualitative research methods and their scores calculated with quantitative methods. Subsequently, three…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Performance Based Assessment, Program Improvement, Teacher Certification
Bunch, George C.; Aguirre, Julia M.; Tellez, Kip – Issues in Teacher Education, 2009
Assessing the preparation of preservice candidates for quality teaching, both for mainstream students and for ELs, requires reliable and valid assessments that pay close attention to context, process, and reflection, factors that traditional evaluations of teaching either ignore or undervalue. In this article, the authors focus on one high-stakes…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Formative Evaluation
Scalzo, Jennifer Noel – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Increasing numbers of English language learners enrolled in public schools has brought national attention to issues surrounding the education of linguistically diverse students. Teacher education programs have come under scrutiny for not doing an "adequate job of preparing teachers to teach diverse populations" (Hollins & Guzman,…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Academic Discourse, Preservice Teachers
Boscardin, Christy Kim; Jones, Barbara; Nishimura, Claire; Madsen, Shannon; Park, Jae-Eun – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2008
Our recent review of content assessments revealed that language expectations and proficiencies are often implicitly embedded within the assessment criteria. Based on a review of performance assessments used in high school biology settings, we have found a recurring discrepancy between assessment scoring criteria and performance expectations. …
Descriptors: Biology, Secondary School Science, Student Evaluation, Validity