resources
Step-by-step guides on practices in language program evaluation
• Using surveys for understanding and improving foreign language programs
- John McE. Davis
The goal of this guide is to help language educators develop surveys that produce useful
information for evaluation in language programs. To that end, survey methods are
situated within a method of evaluation that emphasizes use and usefulness
(Norris & Watanabe, 2011; Patton, 2008). This approach is explicitly geared
to ensure that evaluations impact programs in the ways stakeholders desire.
By undertaking survey methods in this way, people who do evaluation in their programs
will be more likely to use survey findings for understanding and improvement.
Cite as:
Davis, J. McE. (2011). Using surveys for understanding and improving foreign language programs. (NetWork #61) [PDF document].
Honolulu: University of HawaiÔi, National Foreign Language Resource Center. doi: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/14549
• A utilization-focused approach to stating and assessing student learning outcomes
- Yukiko Watanabe, John McE. Davis
This manual helps FL educators develop and assess student learning outcomes. The emphasis of the guide is on making assessment data optimally useful for evaluating various aspects of FL programs, in addition to assessing student performance. Provided are examples of FL outcomes statements, types of FL assessment, examples of assessment used at US tertiary FL programs, and many resources on FL outcomes assessment and evaluation.
• Roles and responsibilities for evaluation in foreign language programs
- John M. Norris, Yukiko Watanabe
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.`