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
Avant Assessment and Fluent Forever team up to offer the Global Seal of Biliteracy to learners that complete a new Spanish language course. Eugene, OR and Chicago, IL— Avant Assessment, the…
First of its Kind: Credentials for Language “Bootcamp”
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
Avant Assessment and Hawaii Department of Education collaborate on ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i language test. Eugene, OR — Avant Assessment, a Eugene-based language proficiency assessment organization recently launched a new Avant STAMP…
Preserving Indigenous Hawaiian Language Through Proficiency
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)?
Leaders in language learning align to provide students language proficiency credentials Cherry Hill, NJ – The American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) and Avant Assessment are pleased to jointly…
The American Association Of Teachers Of German And Avant Assessment Announce Strategic Alliance
If you thought COVID was tough on your school or organization, imagine being in the study abroad business. Airplanes grounded. Host families can’t take strangers into their homes. Schools around…
Study Abroad During A Pandemic? Here Is How CIEE Did It Successfully