The Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA): Connecting assessment to instruction and learning

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 359-382

  Adair Hauck, Bonnie ^a   Glisan, Eileen W ^b   Koda, Keiko ^c   Swender, Elvira B ^d,f   Sandrock, Paul ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages   (United States)

^e Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction   (United States)

^f ACTFL Professional Programs   (United States)

^g Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated skills assessment; Performance assessment; Standards based instruction; Standards based learning; Washback effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751181447     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2006.tb02894.x     Document Type: Article

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