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

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 ...

While states with some of the largest English-learner populations, such as California and Texas, use their own exams, most states rely on the WIDA ACCESS test to fulfill federal requirements for ...

neoAssess testing tools adapt to each test-taker's skill level. neossess is available on mobile and desktop devices. neoAssess brings a quick, low-cost, and accurate tool to measure English language ...

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 ...

CarriersEdge, which provides online driver training, released an online English Language Proficiency Assessment to help trucking companies prepare for enforcement of the English Language Proficiency ...

In Everett, students can pay $10 to take the World Language Assessment. In the testing room, it’s like the United Nations. EVERETT — When families gathered this month for a Latino heritage dinner, ...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s devastation, scores of Puerto Rican familes made their way to Florida. Already traumatized by the hurricane’s destructive power, Spanish-speaking kids were ...

In the safety-critical field of aviation, miscommunication and/or misunderstanding can lead to a runway incident or accident, or worse, a midair collision. [Credit: Shutterstock] Language and ...

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 ...