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North, Brian; Piccardo, Enrica – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
This paper presents a methodology for directly aligning 'can do' frameworks to each other. The methodology, inspired by the manual for relating examinations to the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment" (CEFR) (Council of Europe, 2009) and Kane's (2004, 2013) interpretative argument, takes…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Rating Scales
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Tan, May; Turner, Carolyn E. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2015
In Quebec the high-stakes Secondary Five ESL exit writing exam developed by the Education Ministry (MELS) is administered and corrected by classroom teachers. In this distinctive situation, the MELS works toward aligning classroom-based assessment (CBA) and the writing exam by making ongoing teacher involvement part of its development and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Stakes Tests, English (Second Language), Exit Examinations