ADVANCE: Making Proficiency Real for Preservice Teachers
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
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ADVANCE: Making Proficiency Real for Preservice Teachers
As More States Adopt the Seal Of Biliteracy, Language Assessment Company Launches Program To Increase Testing Access For Schools And Students
EUGENE, OR (February 15, 2018) (Updated) – As the number of states and school districts adopting the “Seal of Biliteracy” has increased dramatically across the country, a language assessment company…
As More States Adopt the Seal Of Biliteracy, Language Assessment Company Launches Program To Increase Testing Access For Schools And Students
Data Literacy: It Doesn’t Take An Einstein
Why Do People Hate Standardized Tests These Days? Here are just a few of their reasons: Only 14% of parents think standardized testing is very important in evaluating schools, making…
Data Literacy: It Doesn’t Take An Einstein
Avant ADVANCE: Bringing Language Standards To Life
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
Training Raters, Transforming Classrooms
“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
Interview With Marzanna Owinski Of The Polish Mission
Interview with Marzanna Owinski of The Polish Mission Marzanna Owinski spoke with Avant Cofounder Dr. Carl Falsgraf about Polish language education in the United States and the goals of…
Interview With Marzanna Owinski Of The Polish Mission
Why Language Proficiency Matters
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
Comment Avant Évalue-t-il les Réponses Orales et Écrites?
Who Rates The STAMP Tests? The human-rated responses in the Avant STAMP, PLACE, Arabic Proficiency Test(APT), and the Spanish Heritage Language tests are rated by Certified Avant Raters who are…
How Does Avant Rate Speaking And Writing Responses?
Why Avant Recommends STAMP 4Se For Grades 2 And Above
Avant STAMP 4Se was developed especially to assess the language proficiency of elementary students. Why The STAMP 4Se For Grade 2 Through 6 Language Learners Is Important In the past…
Why Avant Recommends STAMP 4Se For Grades 2 And Above
Why Heritage Language Learning 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