Hi All, I bought the book to which Arnold is referring and have been using the concepts to develop my rubrics this year. I recommend it :) Tracy Patterson Profesora de español North Medford High School "El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz." Benito Juárez 1900 N. Keene Way Drive Medford, OR 97504 541-842-1249 -----Original Message----- From: ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Arnold Bleicher Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 9:45 AM To: OLA Listserve Subject: [ola] Re: Integrated Performance Assessment Nanosh, The IPA is a 2003 publication. If you will recall, I brought the 2010 update to your attention last year, the book Paul Sandrock wrote - " The Keys to Assessing Language Performance" - It is based on assessing all 3 modes: Interpersonal, Interpretive, Presentational. It has solid example so of how to do develop these assessments and talks a good deal about the logic of, as we discussed, planning backwards. Find the goal, make a plan how to get using all modalities. Glad to hear there is an agreement with the district. All my best. A On 2/24/12 6:42 AM, "Nanosh Lucas" <nanoshlucas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >I ordered the manual on this from ACTFL. The 67-page manual is being >shipped ground for $9.41. I am hoping that includes handling. I'll be >bringing it to whatever the meeting is following my receipt of this item. > >There are also some good links online for teachers who have developed >assessments based on this stuff. > >Has anyone had experience with this? I heard the word, and it seems >like what we should be looking at. > >Our District and Union reached a tentative agreement at 4am. Hallelujah. > >Nanosh