Assessment

Presentation & Composition

There are no state-approved exams for the language you selected. To earn the seal you will need to:

Be a senior who identifies as biliterate
Present on a topic of your choosing for 3-5 minutes
Submit a written description of your presentation (~1 page)
Read in the target language and answer a few questions about it

Scoring

Your presentation & composition will be scored with the same ACTFL standards as students with exams are being scored.
The district will hire a fluent speaker of your language to score your presentation and composition using this rubric created by the district.

Details

Biliteracy Seal Procedure - Other Languages.pdf

Guidelines:

This document has helpful tips and ideas to get you started with your presentation. See Mrs. Green with any questions.

Calendar:

The calendar has a suggested timeline for your presentations & compositions for the 2019 school year. Presentations will be recorded during the first week of April and compositions are due then as well. See Mrs. Green with any questions.

Seal of Biliteracy Portfolio_Presentation Rubric.pdf

Rubric:

This rubric is how students who submit the presentation and composition will be scored. The performance descriptors are based on ACTFL standards that align with the same intermediate-mid score required from languages with state-approved tests.

If there is a test available for your language, the state requires that you take it instead of doing the presentation and composition. Please check the Iowa Department of Education website for tests available in your language as it is always being updated.

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