National Network for Early Language Learning

Fall, 2006
Vol. 12, No. 1

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		This article aims to reshape the prevailing negative perception of assessment into one of a positive and powerful tool to guide learning, teaching and advocacy. Emphasis is placed on the importance of becoming assessment-literate, developing a balanced assessment system, using assessment results to motivate learners and mold instruction, and sharing data to inform stakeholders and advocate for language learning. [Read more] Jacqueline Bott Van Houten (2006). Turning a New Light on Assessment with LinguaFolio. Learning Languages, 12(1), pp. 7-10.
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Table of Contents (Vol. 12 No.1 Fall 2006)
Invited Article:
	Turning a New Light on Assessment with LingualFolio
White Paper:
	Positions on Aptitudes Testing for Early Language Learners
Features:
	A Test that Isn't Torture by Mark Eastburn
	NOELLA by Carl Falsgraf and Ann Tollefson
	Don Quixote and Fifth Graders by Janet Glass
	8 Assessments Tips by Eugenia Porello
	Creating an Assessment Library by NJ Consortium for Assessing Performance Standards
	Exit Point by Tammy Dann
Updates:
	President’s Notes: Janis Jensen
	NNELL Winter Workshops
	NNELL Notes
	Online Resources
	Quick Takes
	Best Practices by Janis Jensen
	Book Review: Content-based Second Language Teaching and Learning by Paris Granville
	2006 NNELL Summer Institute for Regional and State Representatives
	JNCL-NCLIS A Response to the National Security Language Initiative by J. David Edwards