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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 ...
Education Week

ELLs Test-Drive New English-Language Proficiency Assessments

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’ ...

Many California students still labeled English learners — despite testing as fluent

Thousands of California students remain classified as English learners even after they reach proficiency in English, ...
Santa Clara University

Language Placement Process FAQs

What languages is the placement process available for? This placement tool is available for Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish only. For placement information for ...
Korea JoongAng Daily

More international students look to prove speaking proficiency with Sejong Korean Language Assessment test

The SKA had about 6,400 test takers in 2025, up 18.5 percent from the previous year. The exam emphasizes spoken communication ...
Upstate New York

Compare new English language arts and math test scores at private schools in NY

The state Education Department has released a new set of English language arts and math assessment test results for private ...
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A Principled Approach to Language Assessment: Considerations for the U.S. Foreign Service Institute

Suggested Citation: "5 Interpreting FSI Test Scores." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. A Principled Approach to Language Assessment: Considerations for the U.S. Foreign ...