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PROFICIENCY BASED

Avant focuses on assessing real-world language proficiency with spontaneous, unrehearsed content and scoring based on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.

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RELIABLE DATA

With comprehensive teacher reports of student data, Avant supplies the tools necessary for schools and districts to monitor and display student and program success.

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#1 CLIENT SUPPORT

With Avant, there is always a real human ready to provide timely support to assure a smooth testing experience.

Building Learners’ Paths to Proficiency

Avant offers three proficiency tests and two placement tests that cover a range of needs, languages and ages. All of Avant’s online tests assess true language proficiency with reliable and accurate data and are easy to use, cost effective, and provide quick results.

 
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Proficiency Tests

Avant’s computer adaptive language proficiency tests are used by students, schools, and individuals across the globe to qualify for Seal of Biliteracy programs, measure language growth, and illustrate program quality.

STAMP

4-skill language proficiency test

WorldSpeak

2-skill test of less commonly taught languages

Arabic Proficiency Test

4-skill test for native Arabic speakers

 

Placement Tests

Avant’s placement tests are perfect for quickly, easily, and accurately placing students into appropriate language courses. Avant offers placement tests in 8 languages that are used by colleges and universities as well as middle and high schools, around the world.

PLACE

Measures Reading, Writing, Speaking, & Contextualized Grammar in 7 languages

Spanish Heritage Language (SHL) Test

Measures Grammar, Verb Use, Spelling, Vocabulary, Writing, & Speaking of heritage Spanish Speakers

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Building Teachers’ Paths to Proficiency

Avant offers a range of Professional Development Sessions as well as our online  teacher training tool, Avant ADVANCE, to help educators reach their goals and propel their students toward success.

Professional Development Sessions

Whether you are looking to learn how to utilize data collected from language proficiency tests or want to learn more about classroom strategies, Avant offers a wide array of sessions, both online and onsite, that are guaranteed to enhance your language program and further your professional development as an educator.

Avant ADVANCE

Learn how to rate student writing responses according to the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines with Avant ADVANCE, a faster, better, online way of helping teachers internalize the standards with immediate feedback. Avant ADVANCE offers the ability to practice on a deep bank of student responses for an entire year enabling you to keep your rating skills fresh through ongoing practice.

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Duct Tape & Online Assessment
Carl Falsgraf
Duct Tape & Online Assessment
Carl Falsgraf

You don’t want water leaking into your box of explosives. So, in 1943, the War Production Board commissioned Johnson & Johnson to develop a solution. They came up with a treated cloth tape they colored green to match the ordnance boxes. GIs called it “duck tape” because of the color and water-resistant properties. Some brought rolls home and found it useful for … well, pretty much everything. Now, no home would be complete without at least one roll of duct tape.

Tulane University started using online assessment for student placement a few years ago and then started discovering that student performance data — like duct tape — can solve all sorts of problems.

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Carl Falsgraf

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