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 ...

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’ ...

Finding the right employee for your organization or business is quite a daunting task. It's not uncommon for hiring managers to spend hours reading cover letters, sifting through resumes and ...

I’m often surprised when teachers are surprised when their students perform poorly on tests. Sure there are kids whose scores belie their skills, such as those who have test anxiety or had a bad day ...

Teachers use a variety of methods to assess mastery of a topic. We use observations, quick formative assessments, longer summative assessments, and long-term benchmark assessments. The problem is that ...

Language proficiency assessment frameworks provide structured scales for evaluating and describing individuals’ capabilities in a second or foreign language. These frameworks typically comprise a ...

Maryland students posted another year of gains in reading, math and science, but the latest state test results also show a stubborn reality: Even with billions of dollars in new education funding, ...

Question: What assessments and rubrics can we use to assess the language proficiency of young learners? Duarte M. Silva, Executive Director of the California World Language Project in Stanford, ...

Spanish Teaching candidates in Colorado must demonstrate Advanced Low proficiency in listening, reading, writing and speaking on the Spanish PRAXIS exam to be recommended for licensure. The American ...

The test has experienced remarkable expansion over the past two decades. From 2004 to 2024, the scale of global HSK exams ...