The Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA): Connecting Assessment to Instruction and Learning

Abstract

This article reports on Beyond the OPI: Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) Design Project, a three-year (1997)(1998)(1999)(2000) Language Learning in the 21st Century (National Standards, 1999, 2006. A second goal of the project was to use the assessment prototype as a catalyst for curricular and pedagogical reform. This paper presents the lntegrated Pevformance Assessment (IPA) prototype, illustrates a sample IPA, and discusses how classroom-based research on the IPA demonstrated the washbach effect of integrated performance-based assessment on teachers' perceptions regarding their instructional practices.

Qualitative Study of Iranian English University Entrance Examination in the light of Positive Washback Strategies

“…As Green (2007) refers: "Tests may be modified under pressure from teachers to reflect more closely, and so support, desired practices in teaching and learning". Following this idea, many researchers (Adair-Hauck et al, 2006;Choi, 2008;Norris, 2009) believe that the main objective of testing should be to feed into students' learning and improve performance, not merely evaluate it: "Tests should be used as a nexus to connect classroom based instruction practices and work in tandem" (Adair-Hauck et al, 2006).…”

Video Considerations for the World Language edTPA

“…The Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) serves as an evaluation of student ability in the target language that is used as a cluster assessment featuring three tasks with one task in each of the three modes of communication (Adair-Hauck, Glisan, Koda, Swender, & Sandrock, 2006). The IPA is a multi-task assessment conceptualized within a single thematic context.…”

Digital Recording Platforms and Integrated Performance Assessments in Second/Foreign Language Learning

“…Rubrics are used for assessment of student performance and should be given to the students in advance so that learners are aware of what the interpersonal and presentational tasks are and what the criteria are for exemplary performances and products. Adair-Hauck et al (2006) recommend that the interpersonal communication should be either video-or audiotaped.…”