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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CarriersEdge, provider of online driver training for the trucking industry, has released an online English Language Proficiency Assessment. The assessment was created to help carriers prepare for ...

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, ...

Proficiency standards and student assessments vary significantly from state to state, according to the latest report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The report, "Mapping ...

Photo/Xinhua] The number of people taking the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) is expected to reach 750,000 this year, ...