The World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment, or WIDA, consortium today released sample questions for the nation’s most popular English-language-proficiency test, ACCESS for ELLs. Virtually all ...

The WIDA ACCESS language proficiency test is used across close to 40 states as part of the federal requirement to determine whether English learners continue to need language-development services. The ...

Studying abroad offers a multitude of opportunities for academic and career growth. For non-native English speakers, however, one of the crucial steps in the application process is proving proficiency ...

Four-year-olds are crying, putting their heads on their desks or simply refusing to answer the questions during an English proficiency test they’re required to take in transitional kindergarten. The ...

When students apply to Yale College from abroad, they go through essentially the same process as domestic applicants. But for international applicants who are not native English speakers, Yale ...

Both the TOEFL and IELTS aim to test English proficiency, and students will normally need to sit one if they’ve spent less than four years in an English learning environment. But it can be tricky to ...

As a J-1 Exchange Visitor, you may demonstrate your English oral proficiency through an interview conducted via a video conferencing platform by UAB's English Language Programs. After completing the ...

A number of Arizona students will no longer be classified as English learners after state public schools chief Tom Horne over the summer eased the standards for passing a test used to measure English ...