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

Margo Gottlieb answered questions about what it takes to create English-language-proficiency standards and assessments and how those tools can be used to improve instruction. Educators have struggled ...

A new test that is simplifying English language testing to give organisations and universities a fast and convenient measure of a students’ English language ability has been developed by Cambridge ...

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 ...

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 ...

Language-learning platform Duolingo is announcing a number of updates around its testing services today. First, the company now offers a free basic language assessment test. Unlike the company’s $20 ...

English language proficiency requirements can take drivers out of service starting June 25. FMCSA ordered inspectors to initiate all roadside inspections in English. Drivers that seem unfamiliar with ...

Students who were once English learners but are now proficient in English do better on average on California’s standardized tests than students who only speak English. Some district leaders and ...

Florida is among several states gambling that their English-only laws will provide cover from a new federal push on English-language-learner education. Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, ...

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 ...