Oral Progress Assessment Charts

For the Teacher

The Oral Progress Assessment Chart is a simple-to-administer tool that allows you to
keep a record of students’ progress in speaking throughout the class term. The
advantage of a reporting system like this one is that the teacher has a clear guide he or
she can use to counsel students about their performance: what they are doing well and
where they can try to improve. In addition, it can be useful for describing student
progress to others.

Name: _______________________________
Does the student correctly use grammar from the unit? 1 2 3 4 5
Does the student use appropriate vocabulary from the unit? 1 2 3 4 5
Overall, is it easy to understand the student? 1 2 3 4 5
Does the student express himself or herself fluently? 1 2 3 4 5

Total Score:

Assessing students’ oral progress

For each Oral Progress Assessment, reproduce enough copies of the charts so that
there is one chart for each student. Write one student’s name on each chart. Observe
each student’s performance during speaking activities such as discussion, debate, or
presentation. In order to handle larger classes, you may choose to assess different
students each week.

Assess and total scores according to these guidelines:

1 Mark students on a scale of 1 to 5, with 3 being an average performance, 5 being

above average and 1 being below average.

2 Assess each student according to appropriate expectations for a student from the level
you are teaching. Avoid assessing students in comparison to students in other levels.

3 The highest possible score is 20. Total each score by adding up the four numbers you
circled. For example: If a student gets a 3 in each line, the total score would be 12. If a
student gets a 5 in the first two lines, and a 4 in the next two, the total score would be
18. If you choose to, you can easily transfer that score to a 100% scale by multiplying
any total score by 5.

Summit 1, Second Edition For the Teacher

4 For a final score at the end of the class term, total all of a student’s scores and divide
that number by the number of Oral Progress Assessments you administered. For
example, if you assessed students six times during the class term, and the student got
15 points on the first three Oral Progress Assessments and 20 points on the last three,
the total score would be 105. That number divided by 6 would be 17.5 points, the
student’s final score for the class term. (Or 87.5% on a 100% scale.)

Remember that assessment is about tracking students’ progress. Using a chart like this
allows teachers to give students credit for what they are doing well. If a student struggles
with speaking fluently, but his or her response is accurate and appropriate, the student
should get credit for that. This chart allows you to do that.

Summit 1, Second Edition For the Teacher