In education and assessment, we use the word “standards” in a number of ways: curriculum standards, standards-based assessments, performance standards. Performance standards—also known as proficiency ...

What students are expected to know in order to reach proficiency levels on exams in some states may be as much as four grade levels below the standards set in the states with the most rigorous ...

Proficiency descriptors for the Intensive English Program are organized into six levels. A student can use language to express meaning by creating, combining, and recombining known elements to ...

The state board of education in California earlier this month gave its final stamp of approval to new English-language development standards that directly connect to the language demands in the Common ...

NASHUA – Acing a test won’t just get Nashua students an “A+” under a new grading system adopted by the Board of Education Monday night. It will also get them a 100, a 4, and a recap of their course ...

This is the first time the Kansas assessment scale has changed in nearly a decade. The State Board of Education also approved new descriptors for test levels that highlight proficiency. WICHITA, ...

In an increasingly globalized job market, multilingual skills can give job seekers a significant edge. Knowing how to describe your levels of language for resume purposes accurately ensures employers ...