My name is J. Ryan Allen, and I teach World Languages at Delmar High School, a small but ambitious school district in southern Delaware. For many years, Delmar offered only…
How the Avant STAMP Test Made Facilitated Interdependent Language Learning (FILL) Possible
The Challenge of Teaching Language Proficiency Teaching is both an art and a science—especially when the goal is to guide language learners toward mastery. Language educators must navigate the intricate…
Proficiency Training Elevates All Students’ Learning
Are language skills essential in today’s global workplace? Language learning builds far more than vocabulary. It develops analytical thinking, adaptability, empathy, and resilience. Employers increasingly value these skills the most…
Beyond Translation: How Language Learning Builds the Workforce Skills Employers Want Most
Avant expands Mira platform with launch of Mira Stride, an educators’ tool for monitoring English learner progress Avant, a leader in language proficiency solutions, today announced the launch of Mira Stride,…
New AI-Powered Tool Gives Actionable Insights to Track Multilingual Learners’ Growth and Readiness
Out in the wild, vulnerabilities are not just exploited by advanced attacks or complex malware—sometimes, they stem from simple issues such as default passwords. Despite years of warning from cybersecurity…
Staying Secure, by Design: What’s Wrong with Default Passwords?
Avant is proud to put security at the forefront of our business. As a Software as a Service (SaaS) company that handles sensitive student data and data of minors, we…
Staying Secure: The Importance of Timely Security Patches
In today’s digital age, the importance of protecting student data is paramount, especially for K-12 educators and IT personnel. Avant Assessment recently hosted an insightful webinar as part of the…
Webinar Summary: Understanding COPPA Compliance and Student Data Privacy in EdTech
In our most recent webinar, we dove into the transformative world of language immersion programs, showcasing a dynamic discussion led by Dr. Matt Rega, Director of Assessment and Evaluation at…
Adapt to Student Needs with Insightful Assessment: Key Takeaways from Our Recent Webinar
The world of education is constantly evolving, and one of the most significant advancements in recent times is the recognition of dual language immersion as a core component of education….
5 Reasons Why Dual Language is Core Education
As we gear up for spring, many of us are reviewing class assessment data, preparing for STAMP assessments, and helping students finalize their Seal of Biliteracy applications. This flurry of…
A Gift to “Power Up” Your Students and Their Proficiency!
By: Brandee Mau, Director of STAMP WS Rating & DLI Specialist Dual Language Immersion (DLI) programs may feel like a recent development in American education, but according to EdWeek, groups…
How Expensive is Dual Language Immersion, Really?
With this four-step approach, you can turn your school’s, district’s, or institution’s world language program into a cycle of proficiency with measurable, year-over-year outcomes and proven program efficacy. Start…
Four Steps To Achieving Higher Proficiency-Level Language Learners
In the early 2000’s, Cheryl Johnson, Instructional Technologist at Denison University in Ohio, first learned about the Avant STAMP™ assessment. At the time, she didn’t recommend it to her department….
How One College’s Testing Provides Proof Of Program Efficacy
How Language Proficiency Training Transformed My Teaching By: Caroline E. Schlegel, M.Ed. I was going through my desk drawer the other day and came across a lesson I had…
How Language Proficiency Training Transformed My Teaching
The San Bernardino Superintendent of Schools, Ted Alejandre, and his office are doing something never done before in California: providing access to all high school seniors learning or speaking more…
How One County Is Turning Seal Of Biliteracy Access And Equity Into Reality
By: Bonnie Peterson I don’t scare easily. I’ve been skydiving, extensively traveled the world alone, and taught junior high and high school French for 17 years. From a lifetime of…
How I Grew My Language Programs With NADSFL
In 2019, Texas passed legislation to create the Teacher Incentive Allotment for Texas schools as a realistic pathway for teachers to earn higher salaries and focus funding on traditionally hard-to-staff…
How can language programs leverage Texas’ Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA)?
Watch Roger Burt and Bonnie Peterson Share How They Used Avant STAMP Data To Improve The World Language Program At Their School In this video you will learn how Avant’s…
Discover The Potential Of Your Language Programs With Avant STAMP Data
Carl Robertson is a scientist at heart. This is why he is always experimenting with his Chinese language program at Southwestern University in Texas. How Carl Sets His Objectives “Every…
Using STAMP Data To Improve Your Small Language Program: Carl Robertson’s Story
Your kids worked hard all school year learning and improving their world language skills. Don’t let the summer or holiday slide set them back! It’s finally that time of year-…
4 Fun Ways to Help Students Maintain Their Language Skills This Summer
Tell me and I forget Teach me and I remember Involve me and I learn -Benjamin Franklin The publication of the US…
ADVANCE: Making Proficiency Real for Preservice Teachers
Art Fry was so frustrated, he almost said a bad word in church. Every time he opened his hymnal, his bookmarks fluttered to the floor. Then he remembered that one…
Avant ADVANCE: Bringing Language Standards To Life
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ Aristotle Teachers As Raters=Success We gets calls from schools around the country every day….
Training Raters, Transforming Classrooms
Language Proficiency is the Goal Proficiency is a much-discussed and frequently used word in the language education field. Our company and others deliver “proficiency” assessments. But which proficiency is most important…
Why Language Proficiency Matters
The United States is a country of immigrants, but historically the second generation of these immigrants(heritage language learners) has lost their parents’ language – making our country poorer for it;…
Why Heritage Language Learning Matters
Coding ≠ World Language Some state legislatures have proposed that students who learn to code should earn world language credits. Is learning to code equivalent to learning a world language?…
The Coding is Equivalent to World Language Myth – Should We Look In The Mirror?
What Language Proficiency Isn’t Proficiency is definitely NOT what I learned in my college Japanese courses. Proficiency is a much-discussed word in the language field. But what proficiency are we…
What is Language Proficiency?