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 ...

The WIDA ACCESS language proficiency test is used across close to 40 states as part of the federal requirement to determine whether English learners continue to need language-development services. The ...

For more than 30 years, English learners in New York have taken the paper-and-pencil New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test to measure their English-language proficiency. The ...

Admitted graduate students whose first language is not English are required to take an English language proficiency test when they arrive on campus. This requirement includes those international ...

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 ...

Today’s learners navigate an academic journey that is increasingly digitalised, collaborative and influenced by AI. Are traditional language tests lagging behind the evolving needs of institutions and ...

Truck drivers can now be put out of service if they fail an English Language Proficiency test during a roadside inspection. CarriersEdge, which provides online driver training, released an online ...

Schools around the state are testing out Indiana’s new ILEARN through-year assessment. The first testing window is now open. Over 70% of schools in the state have opted in to pilot the Indiana ...

Suggested Citation: "3 Language Constructs and Language Use." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. A Principled Approach to Language Assessment: Considerations for the U.S.