What is proficiency? Why does it matter? How can we assess it? How does it differ from other kinds of assessment? And what does proficiency assessment tell us that helps to improve learning? David ...

Who is eligible to take the proficiency exam? The Proficiency Exam is intended for students who have considerable experience with a language other than English and who would like to demonstrate that ...

Students who have considerable experience with a language other than English can fulfill their Second Language Core requirement by taking the proficiency exam to demonstrate their proficiency in that ...

A study of seven high-poverty districts in the Seattle metropolitan area found that it took nearly four years for elementary school-aged English-language learners to develop English proficiency.

The ‘No Child Left Behind’ Act fails to balance equity and excellence. Throughout our history, Americans have stood strong for two bedrock values: equity and excellence. Defining equity in terms of ...

One in seven people in the US speak Spanish at home, and twenty-five million people in the US have limited English proficiency. Using nationally representative data from the Medical Expenditure Panel ...

In this article we argue against a definitional approach to oral proficiency and in favor of a principled approach based on sound theoretical considerations. We first identify four problematic trends ...