GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
1.
Academic Coordinator at
2.
USIS Academic Specialist Grant to lecture on language
testing and curriculum design in
3. Sole Investigator University of Hawaii Research and Training Revolving Fund Grant (1986‑1987) - ELI Curriculum Development Project.
4. Principal Investigator University of Hawaii Educational Improvement Fund Grant (1986‑1987) English/ESL Writing Project.
5. Principal Investigator University of Hawaii Educational Improvement Fund (1987) Foreign Teaching Assistant Workshop.
6.
USIS Academic Specialist Grant to lecture on language
testing in
7.
USIS Academic Specialist Grant to lecture on curriculum
development in
8. Consultant on SEASSI Test Development and Program Evaluation Project (1988-1989).
9. Contracted for linguistic analysis of the HSTEC and materials for remediation of secondary level SLEP students in the language needed to take the HSTEC under Project BIBS (supported by a federal grant administered through the DOE during 1989).
10. Consultant on SEASSI Test Development and Program Evaluation Project (1990-1991).
11.
Co-investigator UH EIF Grant (1989‑1990) Computer
Assisted
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Consultant on
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USIS Academic Specialist Grant to lecture on curriculum
development and computerized language testing in
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15. Co-author NFLRC research grant to develop language tests for intercultural pragmatics for English and Japanese (1991-1995).
16.
Fulbright Senior Scholar Grant for Teaching and
Research at Pontifícia Universidade
Católica do
17.
USIS Academic Specialist Grant to lecture on language
testing and curriculum development in
18. Contracted with Sony Enterprises to write the SCALE tests (four written tests, and four listening comprehension tests) (1994-1995).
19.
USIS Academic Specialist Grant to lecture on language
testing and curriculum development in
20. Contracted with Educational Testing Service to consult on the research processes for the TOEFL 2000 project (1995).
21.
Contracted with Motorola
22.
USIS Academic Specialist Grant to lecture on language
testing and curriculum design in
23. Contracted with Lateral Communications to write achievement and placement tests for Longman’s Impact textbooks (1996-1997).
24. Co-author NFLRC research grant to develop performance-based and portfolio language tests (1995-1999).
25.
USIS Academic Specialist Grant to lecture on language
testing and curriculum development in
26. Co-author NFLRC research grant to develop computer-based language tests (1999-2001).
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28.
US State Department Academic Specialist Grant to
evaluate the national English language curriculum for junior and senior high
schools in
29.
Contracted with
30.
US State Department Academic Specialist Grant to
lecture on language testing and curriculum development in the
31. Co-author NFLRC research grant to survey placement-testing methods in foreign language education (2002-present).
32.
US State Department Academic Specialist Grant to
evaluate the national English language curriculum for grades 4-12 in
33. Consultant with Harcourt Testing on setting standards for the SELP (2003).
34.
US State Department Academic Specialist Grant to help
with the development of the new “unified” national English examination in the
35.
Consultant CASL Grant,
36.
US State Department Academic Specialist Grant to
lecture on language testing for teachers, teacher trainers, and inspectors in
37. Member of the Expert Local Advisory Board for the US Department of Education Grant for "Identifying and responding to evaluation needs in college foreign language programs" (2005-2008).
38.
US State Department Academic Specialist Grant to
lecture on language testing for teachers, teacher trainers, and testers in the
39.
Consultant for Bias Analysis of the Tests of Adult
Basic Education (TABE), English Language Proficiency Assessment,
CTB/McGraw-Hill,
40.
US State Department Academic Specialist Grant to work
on the secondary English language curriculum and lecture on related issues to
teachers, teacher trainers, and testers in
41.
US State Department Academic Specialist Grant to
consult and lecture on language testing and related issues to teachers, teacher
trainers, and testers in
LARGE-SCALE PROGRAM EVALUATION PROJECTS
1. Evaluation and linguistic analysis of the HSTEC and materials for remediation of secondary level SLEP students in the language needed to take the HSTEC under Project BIBS; Supported by a federal grant administered through the Hawaii State Department of Education (Evaluator, 1989).
2. Punana Leo Pre-school Evaluation Project; Federally funded (Evaluation Consultant, 1990).
3. Evaluation of the National Basic-Education and Secondary English Language Curricula for all junior and senior high schools in Tunisia; Sponsored by the US State Department and the Tunisian Ministry of Education, Tunis, Tunisia (External evaluator, 2000).
4. Evaluation of English language teaching materials in development for all public and private K-12 schools; Sponsored by the US State Department and the Curriculum Commission of the Ministry of Education, Ankara, Turkey (External evaluator, 2002).
5. External evaluation of the English Language Proficiency Programme, Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, University of the South Pacific (with campuses in Fiji, Vanuatu, and Samoa); Sponsored by the University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands (External evaluator, 2005).
6.
External evaluation of gymnasium and lyceum (junior and
senior high school) level English language curriculum, Ministry or Education,