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Foreign Language Assessment for the U.S. Foreign Service Institute

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 ...
Calvin College

World Language Assessment

Calvin University offers students the opportunity to take French, German, and Spanish language placement assessments online. These tests are designed to help determine what sequence of language ...

Avant Language Celebrates 25 Years of Language Innovation

From the first online computer-adaptive world language assessment to the Language Proficiency Platform™ We’re building ...
Nature

Dynamic Assessment in Language Learning

Dynamic assessment in language learning integrates teaching and evaluation into a unified process by providing immediate, tailored mediation. This approach transcends traditional testing methods by ...
Asia Society

Assessing the Proficiency of Young Chinese Language Learners

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, ...
Education Week

English Learners’ Proficiency Scores Are Still in Decline, Data Find

English learners’ average English-language proficiency scores have remained in decline since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new assessment data from the WIDA consortium. The WIDA ...
Vietnam Investment Review on MSN

Oxford Introduces Flexible English Test Retake Option

LONDON, Jan. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxford International Digital Institute (OIDI) has launched a Oxford ELLT Skill Retake ...
Health Affairs

Language Is Not A Barrier—It Is An Opportunity To Improve Health Equity Through Education

Health systems have a lot to gain from clinician education around effective communication with non-English-speaking patients. In 2013, more than 61 million people in the US reported speaking a ...
Education Week

The Complicated Picture of English-Language Learners’ Progress During the Pandemic

The latest data on how English-learners around the country fared in their language development during the pandemic are out. But there’s a major catch: About 30 percent fewer students took a widely ...
Statesman Journal

WOU launches first American Sign Language assessment service in western U.S.

Students and professionals wishing to evaluate their proficiency in American Sign Language now have an opportunity to do so here in Oregon. Prior to this year, comparable evaluation services were only ...
Vietnam Investment Review on MSN

goFLUENT Acquires Learnship Networks Business Operations

GENEVA, Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- goFLUENT, a global leader in corporate language training and language assessment solutions, announced the acquisition of the business operations of Learnship ...