- Formative Assessments and Supportive Classroom Climates (Education Week)
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/LeaderTalk/2009/11/formative_assessments_and_supp.html
Information that may be useful/benefitial for teahers of Japanese language in the U.S. (Some of the contents may rather be aginst language education, which I hope you will use to think about your counter argument.)