At the May FLACS (Foreign Language Association of Chairpersons and Supervisors) meeting, it was agreed that the organization would be creating an alternative regional exam for the previous Regents exam in Spanish, French, and Italian.  This year FLACS collaboration with 90 school districts to create the regional exams for the eliminated Second Language Proficiency exams and the eliminated Regents in German and Latin.   Our hope is that we will be expanding our collaboration with school districts throughout NY state. 

This is an opportunity to create a better exam. At the FLACS meeting, district leaders discussed the possibility of using authentic listening passages, possibly on an mp3 or cd, for teachers to use on the exam. 

We are looking for your input.  Please let us know your thoughts on this here or check out the FLACS website and post in our blog. www.flacs.org

Thank you .

Carmen Campos

F.L.A.C.S., president