The International Language Testing Association held its annual conference – Language Testing Research Colloquium – in Toronto this year from March 18-20. The theme, ‘From language testing to language assessment’ reflects the attention that classroom-based and learner-oriented assessment has been…
Author: Mary Jo Lubrano
ACTFL Convention – Reaching Global Competence
I was able to attend the ACTFL convention this year, the theme of which was ‘Reaching Global Competence’. As those who have attended an ACTFL convention before will know, the number of attendees, the number of presentations and the physical…
Teacher College Roundtable on Learner-Oriented Assessment in Language Classrooms
Learner-Oriented Assessment (LOA) Teachers College Oct. 10-12, 2014. What a wonderful opportunity to be able to attend this interesting conference on Learner-Oriented Assessment here at Teachers College. The first session of papers started Friday evening and all attendees were instructed…