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World Language Essential Standards Crosswalk

A Document to Assist with the Transition from the 2004 Standard Course of Study to the 2010 Essential Standards

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Setting student outcome, or exit proficiency expectations, for each program was a demanding, but highly engaging task. The most current research from academic journals and reports, national conferences, government and non-profit publications, and books was synthesized with feedback from renowned experts and, literally, hundreds of experienced North Carolina K-12 language educators to draft, review, revise, and finalize the proficiency expectations. Here is a sampling of the sources that informed this work:

2009 ACTFL Convention & World Languages Expo presentations

• Dai, D. (2009, November 21). Vocabulary Level and Quantity for Language Proficiency. San Diego, CA: 2009 ACTFL Convention. • Forrest, L. (2009, November 22). Proficiency-Oriented Programs: How Much Proficiency? How Many Years? San Diego, CA: 2009 ACTFL Convention.

• Fortune, T. & Tedick, D. (2009, November 21). Oral Proficiency Development of K-8 Spanish Immersion Students. San Diego, CA: 2009 ACTFL Convention.

Publications

• Avant Assessment. (2009). STAMP Data National Averages 2008 (2007-2008). Retrieved from http://www.avantassessment.com/resources/doc/stamp_natlavgs2008.pdf

• Avant Assessment. (2010). STAMP Data National Averages 2009 (2008-2009). Retrieved from http://www.avantassessment.com/resources/doc/STAMPdata_NatlAvgs_2009.pdf

• Center for Applied Linguistics. (2009). Building the Foreign Language Capacity We Need: Toward a Comprehensive Strategy for a National Language Framework.Washington, DC: Jackson, F. & Malone, M.

• Curtain, H. & Dahlberg, C. (2010). Languages and Children: Making the Match: New Languages for Young Learners, Grades K-8. (4 th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Professors/Researchers in North Carolina Professors/Researchers in Other States & Organizations

Dr. Yin Han, Queens University

Dr. Audrey Heining-Boynton, UNC Chapel Hill Dr. Fran Hoch, retired from NCDPI

Dr. Beverly Moser, Appalachian State University Dr. Mary Pendergraft, Wake Forest University Dr. Cathy Pons, UNC Asheville

Dr. Mary Lynn Redmond, Wake Forest University Dr. Robert Reimer, UNC Charlotte Dr. Susan Shelmerdine, UNC Greensboro Dr. Sandra Watts, UNC Charlotte

Dr. Glenna Ashton, Valdosta State University Dr. Carol Ann Dahlberg, Concordia College

Dr. Carl Falsgraf, Center for Applied Second Language Studies Dr. Terri Hammatt, Louisiana Department of Educatio Dr. Meg Malone, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)

Dr. Myriam Met, retired from the National Foreign Language Center Dr. Aleidine Moeller, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Dr. Nancy Rhodes, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) Dr. Shuhan Wang, National Foreign Language Center Dr. Jason Zinza, University of Maryland-College Park

Thus, the program proficiency expectations were compiled based on the best information available at this time in order to establish measurable student outcomes. Using multiple measures of proficiency within a comprehensive, balanced assessment system, students, teachers,

administrators, parents, and other stakeholders can use this information to show annual student progress in world language programs. However, as the World Language Essential Standards are implemented and program outcome data is collected, the proficiency expectations may need to be adjusted in future revisions.

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