Administrator Session Proficiency or Seat Time?

1. Administrator SessionProficiency or Seat Time? University Admission Requirement

2. Panel • Dr. Jacque Van Houten, KDE • Kyle Ennis, Avant Assessment • Dr. Susan Carvahlo, University of Kentucky • Dr. Alan Brown, University of Kentucky • Dr. Laura McGee, Western Kentucky University

3. A National Perspective, Kyle

5. Where should our students be? What does it mean to be AT a level? How do we award CREDIT?

6. European-Based Languages Spanish, French, German and Italian Relation Key: 1=Novice-Low, 2=Novice-Mid, 3=Novice-High, 4=Intermediate-Low, 5=Intermediate-Mid, 6=Pre-Advanced

11. Proficiency based language requirement University of Kentucky

12. USP language requirement(1985-2010) “meet Kentucky's pre-college curriculum requirement” (see http://www.uky.edu/Admission/apply.htm) which means, according to the Kentucky Department of Education website: “2 credits required or demonstrated competency” (see http://education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/High+School/ Additional+Information/The+PreCollege+Curriculum.htm) that is, 2 years of high school study (or equivalent demonstrated competency), or 2 semesters at UK

13. UK Core – Revised Gen Ed curriculum • A revised general education curriculum will be designed to smooth students' transition from high school to a research university, and to establish the foundations for advanced college-level learning. • The general education curriculum will lay the foundation for effective citizenship in our pluralistic society that is increasingly interconnected with a multilingual, global community.

14. UK Core Entrance Requirement “competency equivalent of two years of high school foreign language” All entering students, including transfer students, must demonstrate a novice-mid proficiency level in a foreign language through an outside assessment rather than through high school seat-time.

15. Ways to satisfy entrance requirement • STAMP score of 2 or higher (“novice mid”) • AP exam (score of 2 or higher) • SAT Subject Test (score of 2 or higher) • Students who begin study of a new language at UK do not need to demonstrate entrance proficiency.

16. Ways to satisfy entrance requirement • For languages for which the STAMP is not available (for example, Latin), UK will administer its own assessment exam. • For non-native speakers of English, a TOEFL exam score of 71 or higher will constitute proof of proficiency.

17. Preliminary results of STAMP testing:Reading

18. Preliminary results of STAMP testing:Speaking

19. Western Kentucky University

20. State Perspective, KDE

21. World Languages in the Arts & Humanities Program Review Kentucky State Board of Education December 8, 2010

22. RATIONALE • LEARNER EXPECTATIONS: 2.27, 2.28 • 2005 State Board of Education recommendation to build capacity for a 2016 World Languages graduation requirement • NCLB Core Subject • 21st Century Skill • College & Career Readiness • Kentucky’s Global Economic Preparedness • Civic Responsiveness

23. WL Program Standards • Curriculum & Instruction • Formative & Summative Assessments • Professional Development & Support Services • Administrative/Leadership Support & Monitoring