Test preparation and washback in English language assessment represent critical areas of inquiry that investigate the reciprocal influences between assessment practices and learning strategies.

Recent advances in language assessment have illuminated the complex interplay of rater behaviour and scoring procedures in educational settings. Studies in this field investigate how factors such as ...

The WIDA ACCESS language proficiency test is used across close to 40 states as part of the federal requirement to determine whether English learners continue to need language-development services. The ...

An ad hoc committee will evaluate the different approaches that exist to assess foreign language proficiency and that the State Department's Foreign Service Institute (FSI) could potentially use to ...

This week’s new question-of-the-week is: What are effective assessment strategies for multilingual learners? Assessment is a key element of teaching—we need to know where our students are in the ...

EUGENE, OR / ACCESS Newswire / February 20, 2025 / Avant, the leader in online language proficiency testing is launching its new line of SuperLanguage assessments in nearly 100 languages. Avant now ...

Language-learning platform Duolingo is announcing a number of updates around its testing services today. First, the company now offers a free basic language assessment test. Unlike the company’s $20 ...

Admitted graduate students whose first language is not English are required to take an English language proficiency test when they arrive on campus. This requirement includes those international ...