Maria Carreira, Executive Director of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), embodies the heart and soul of language education. With a career rooted in her own…
Leadership in Language: Maria Carreira’s Vision for Empowering Educators
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
Updated: September 2023 Standards ensure the consistent measure of one or more skills and guide educators in the best teaching and learning practices and tools. The Avant STAMP language assessment…
Avant STAMP and the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
Avant Assessment releases language proficiency tests to increase access and honor language learning. Eugene, OR — Avant Assessment, the leading provider of language proficiency assessments in world languages, announced the…
Increasing Opportunity Through Ukrainian Language Proficiency
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
Sandra Martins was a good Spanish student. But, when she finally visited Spain for the first time, she found much of what she had learned to be useless. Language Learning…
Using STAMP to Create a Culture of Learning at the College of DuPage
Albuquerque, NM – After careful vetting from a New Mexico Public Education Department task force, New Mexico selected Avant Assessment as its statewide contractor for language proficiency assessments. This new…
New Mexico Department of Education Exclusively Partners With Eugene Company To Offer Bilingual Assessments
Simply letting students talk more during a class led to dramatic improvements in students’ language proficiency skills at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. Listening Is Good, Speaking Is…
Student Avant STAMP Language Proficiency Test Scores Skyrocket
Tulane University started using online assessment for student placement a few years ago, discovering that student performance data — like duct tape — can solve all sorts of problems. Language…
Language Placement Testing: Tulane’s Success Story