Currently available 'speaking and listening' assessments
Including GCSE, the USA's Common Core States Standards, Oracy Australia and Trinity London's Graded Examinations in Spoken English; see also:
AQA: http://store.aqa.org.uk/resourceZone/pdf/english/AQA-4705-W-SP.PDF
Edexcel: http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/GCSE2010/Eng_spec.pdf
OCR: http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/82727-specification.pdf
The Common Core: http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/SL/introduction
More on the Core from Dave Stuart Jr. on his blog Teaching the Core:
http://www.teachingthecore.com/the-ccr-anchor-standards-in-speaking-and-listening/
Oracy Australia: www.oracy.org.au
http://www.frederickirwin.wa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ORACY-INFORMATION-2012-0001.pdf
Trinity College London: Graded Examinations in Speaking and Listening: http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/site/?id=1803
AQA: http://store.aqa.org.uk/resourceZone/pdf/english/AQA-4705-W-SP.PDF
Edexcel: http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/GCSE2010/Eng_spec.pdf
OCR: http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/82727-specification.pdf
The Common Core: http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/SL/introduction
More on the Core from Dave Stuart Jr. on his blog Teaching the Core:
http://www.teachingthecore.com/the-ccr-anchor-standards-in-speaking-and-listening/
Oracy Australia: www.oracy.org.au
http://www.frederickirwin.wa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ORACY-INFORMATION-2012-0001.pdf
Trinity College London: Graded Examinations in Speaking and Listening: http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/site/?id=1803
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