Welcome to the home page of the FL Program Evaluation Project at the University of Hawaii. Our mission is to enable useful evaluation in support of foreign language programs. We invite you to browse the web site, utilize the resources, and contact us with your ideas about program evaluation. This web site is updated frequently, so please check back soon for additional resources and project news.

Announcements

New Examples: Foreign Language Program Evaluation Case Studies. These examples provide insights into the methods and uses for evaluation in five on-going projects. Access overviews, instruments, and presentations from these evaluations in distinct college language programs.

New Publication: “Understanding and improving language education through program evaluation”. Special issue of the journal Language Teaching Research, volume 12(4), edited by John Norris.

2008-2009 Events:

-March 13-15, 2008: FL program evaluation summit, University of Hawaii
-August 24-29, 2008: Norris presentation on evaluating task-based programs, AILA
-October 9-11, 2008: Panel presentation on UNM Portuguese program evaluation, American Portuguese Studies Association
-November 21-23, 2008: Multiple presentations on FL outcomes assessment, ACTFL

-March 21-24, 2009: Colloquium on assessment and language education policy, AAAL

New Guide: Roles and responsibilities for evaluation in foreign language programs. This short booklet presents a step-by-step overview of the program evaluation process with particular emphasis on who participates at distinct phases of an evaluation and what their responsibilities are for making evaluation happen.

New Report: Understanding and assessing intercultural competence. This report provides a comprehensive review of the theory and practice of assessing intercultural competence, and it offers numerous examples of assessments, items, scales, and the ways in which assessments are being used by diverse college programs.