World Language Checkpoint A Benchmark Proficiency Assessment Guidance and Item Writing Workshops (Summer 2024)
NYSED OBEWL is sponsoring a two-day, in-person workshop in each of nine regions in New York State to support NYS world language educators to understand and apply the Principles and Guidelines for Adopting or Creating Locally Developed Benchmark Assessments for Checkpoint A (Modern, Classical, ASL*). These documents provide guidance for the creation of Checkpoint A Benchmark Assessments aligned to the revised NYS Learning Standards for World Languages. Benchmark assessments are those assessments used to award one high school credit for middle school students prior to entering Grade 9 and to meet the one-credit graduation requirement. Checkpoint A Benchmark Assessments must be aligned to the revised standards for the June 2025 administration. Workshop presenters will explain the guidelines outlined in the aforementioned documents and will guide participants in designing assessment items that adhere to these guidelines. A member of the World Language Executive Committee will lead each workshop: Dr. Joanne O¡¦Toole, Bill Heller, and Dr. Lori Langer de Ramirez. All workshops will run from 9am to 2pm with a one-hour lunch on your own.
Capital: Tuesday, July 16th - Wednesday, July 17th - Questar III BOCES (10 Empire State Blvd., Castleton-On-Hudson, NY 12033)
¡E Hudson Valley: Thursday, July 11th - Friday, July 12th - Ulster BOCES (175 Route 32 N, New Paltz, NY 12561)
¡E Long Island: Tuesday, July 23rd - Wednesday, July 24th - Western Suffolk BOCES (31 Lee Avenue, Wheatley Heights, NY 11798)
¡E Mid-State: Thursday, July 18th - Friday, July 19th - OHM BOCES (4747 Middle Settlement Rd, New Hartford, NY 13413)
¡E Mid-West: Thursday, June 27th - Friday, June 28th - Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES (3599 Big Ridge Rd., Spencerport, NY 14559)
¡E New York City - Thursday, July 25th - Friday, July 26th - Fordham University - Bronx Campus (2691 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458)
¡E Northern NY - Tuesday, July 9th - Wednesday, July 10th ¡V Jefferson-Lewis BOCES (20104 Arsenal St, Watertown, NY 13601)
¡E Southern Tier: Monday, July 1st - Tuesday, July 2nd - BT BOCES, Johnson City Learning Center (500 Main St, Johnson City, NY 13790)
¡E West: Monday, August 5th - Tuesday, August 6th - Erie 1 BOCES (355 Harlem Rd., West Seneca, NY 14224)
Participants must commit to attending both days in full. 8 hours of CTLE credit are offered.
