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FCPS updates world language curriculum, aligns Spanish assessments to ACTFL and expands access to Maryland Seal of Biliteracy
Summary
Caroline Schlegel, Frederick County Public Schools’ new world language curriculum specialist, told the committee FCPS has developed proficiency-based assessments aligned to ACTFL 2024 and a standardized rubric for Spanish 1–4 to promote consistent scoring and clearer student progress toward intermediate- and advanced-level proficiency.
Caroline Schlegel, the new world language curriculum specialist for Frederick County Public Schools, told the Curriculum & Instruction Committee that FCPS is grounding world language instruction in proficiency-based practice and ACTFL standards.
Schlegel said the district created common, proficiency-based summative assessments for Spanish 1–4 aligned to the ACTFL 2024 performance descriptors and introduced a standardized rubric so teachers across FCPS can score consistently. She described assessments that require students to work in the three ACTFL modes — interpretive (listening/reading), interpersonal (conversation), and presentational (one-way speaking/writing) — and said rubrics will give students a transparent…
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