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STAMP News and Information
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May 2006
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Greetings!
We are excited to bring you this first edition of
the LLS Newsletter.
Our goal is to inform our partners of ways
to make the STAMP, PLACE or ClassPak experience more
meaningful for all stakeholders, with useful tips,
success
stories and more.
We know how busy you are, so we pledge to keep the
newsletter and its articles
brief and to the point.
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Thank You and Welcome to the LLS Newsletter
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You are part of a family
STAMP foreign language proficiency test partners are
part of a growing family of educators seeking to
raise the profile of foreign language learning in
the U.S. by leading a national "movement" to develop
student proficiency in languages. STAMP partners
understand the
importance of having a practical language assessment
that is externally scored and provides valid and
reliable data to inform instruction and
improve student proficiency levels.
In the coming days and weeks our company's Website will
transform itself to become a more well organized
teacher and administrator information resource.
Please check back frequently to see our new look.
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Headsets! We've got Headsets!
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FREE Ground Shipping
LLS now provides high quality analog and USB type
computer headsets (including microphone), that can be
used for the speaking portion of the STAMP test. We
have now shipped over 10,000 headsets to our
educational partners. Please contact our help desk
Toll Free at (888) 718-7887 or email
support@onlinells.com to inquire or place your order.
Our Prices:
Analog Headset (for PCs only)-----------$17.50
USB Headset (for Macs or PCs)----------$20.00
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STAMP Online Reporting Tutorial
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Learn how to view your students' online STAMP results
Have you wondered what your STAMP reports will look
like? How will you be able to "drill down" from
lists of classes, into individual class results,
individual student results, and then listen to
each student's oral responses and read their written
responses online? The reporting tutorial gives a
page by page
explanation of each screen you can access in the
STAMP reporting system Website. Please be sure to
read the
explanation at the bottom of each page, then click
on each Report Page image to enlarge it for easy
viewing.
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STAMP test of CHINESE goes live on May 1st!
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Are you considering adding a Chinese program?
We are pleased to announce that the STAMP online test of
Chinese is available as of May 1st. STAMP Chinese
was developed and validated by CASLS, the Center for
Applied Second Language Studies at the University of
Oregon, which also created the STAMP test.
STAMP will be
instrumental in the National Chinese Flagship
Language Initiative now being implemented in
Portland (OR)
Public Schools. The Chinese K-16 Flagship is part
of the
National Security Education Program of the U.S.
Department of Defense. CASLS is overseeing the
Oregon initiative to create a replicable
K-16 model Chinese program that will become a
pipeline for developing advanced Chinese language
speakers. For more information on
the Flagship visit http://casls.uoregon.edu. For
more information on the STAMP test of CHINESE
please contact
your Relationship Manager or visit our Website.
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ACTFL National Survey on Assessment
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Please Share your Impressions of STAMP
ACTFL is conducting a nationwide survey of the
assessments used by teachers with their foreign language
students. Here is an opportunity for you to share your
impressions of STAMP, and to express your overall
assessment needs to the national standard-setting
body for language education in the United States.
Please take the survey and share your STAMP
experience and impressions.
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Effective Immediately - EARLIER Help Desk Hours!
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5:30 am - 4:00 pm Pacific Time
We are here to support you! Through the end of
spring STAMP testing season we have extended our
Help Desk
hours to begin at 5:30 am PDT Monday - Friday. Please
make sure all of
your teachers have our Toll Free help desk telephone
number (888) 718-7887 and email address:
support@onlinells.com. Although it is the teacher's
responsibility to read and follow the provided
proctoring guidelines, which include preparing
the computers and headsets BEFORE STAMP
administrations please ask them to contact us
immediately to help with any issues they cannot
resolve locally.
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LLS has amassed an unparalleled level of real-world
experience in delivering Web-based language
assessments in the classroom. Educational partners in 33 states use LLS Web-based
language-proficiency tools for such diverse purposes
as meeting federal reporting requirements, program
and standards review, remedial instructional
planning, placement and articulation, credit
granting, professional development and
accountability. Ask about our custom online
assessment capabilities.
Sincerely,
Brett Laquercia, Vice President
Language Learning Solutions
Phone (Toll Free):
(888) 718-7887
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