Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

   Paul Sandrock is the author of ACTFL’s new book The Keys to Assessing Language Performance and Associate Director of Professional Development at ACTFL. He was formerly Assistant Director for the Content and Learning Team at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, working directly with the state consultants in all subject areas. Prior to this position, he served as the DPI consultant for world languages education and taught Spanish for 16 years, grades 7-12.

   Paul’s work in the area of assessment included the standing committee for the Foreign Language National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages’ Integrated Performance Assessment project.

   Paul is also the chief author of Planning Curriculum for Learning World Languages and co-author of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development’s publication Essentials of World Languages, Grades K-12.

   Paul received the Prentice Hall/NCSSFL State Supervisor of the Year Award and served as a board member and as president of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.