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From http://blog.tesol.org/options-in-classroom-self-assessment/

Robert Sheppard writes, “Can we really trust students to assess themselves? Is a student’s assessment of her own progress or performance reliable? Is it valid? If reliability and validity aren’t guaranteed, then what’s the point? These are important questions to ask, but as long as we think of assessment not just as a tool for bureaucracy and accountability but as an opportunity to empower our learners, and as long as we keep an eye to its limits and its role in a broader assessment system, then such self-assessment is most certainly a worthy undertaking.”

Read his full article, in which he discusses direct and indirect measures, portfolios, scoring rubrics, and the NCSSFL-ACTFL Global Can-Do Benchmarks, at http://blog.tesol.org/options-in-classroom-self-assessment/.

Of course, we would be remiss if we didn’t remind you of CASLS’ online portfolio service, LinguaFolio Online: https://linguafolio.uoregon.edu/