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 ...

Language proficiency assessment encompasses a diverse range of methodologies designed to evaluate an individual’s communicative abilities, from grammatical precision to the dynamic management of ...

Education professor Jamal Abedi's report summarizes the progress and reports on the current testing nationwide for the No Child Left Behind mandate. Standardized testing that seeks to measure students ...

It’s been a field-testing frenzy all spring with five separate assessment groups asking school districts and students to test drive the array of new exams they are designing to measure students’ ...

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 new white paper from testmaker Educational Testing Service offers recommendations for how to improve English-language proficiency assessments that are used to how evaluate how English-learners are ...

New Haven students are steadily making their way back to pre-pandemic proficiency rates, as newly received state assessment results for the 2023-24 school year show improved math, science, and English ...

Each public university governing board is required by Illinois statute to "establish a program to assess the oral English language proficiency of all persons providing classroom instruction to ...