The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines have been revised. How are they same? How are they different? Language Lounge host, Michelle Olah and Dr. Meg Malone, Director of Assessment and Research at ACTFL discuss the changes.

Bio

Margaret E. (Meg) Malone (Ph.D., Georgetown University) is Director of Assessment and Research at ACTFL. She has published extensively on language assessment, standards and language assessment literacy. Her current research focuses on language assessment literacy, language program evaluation, oral proficiency assessment, the influences of the Seal of Biliteracy on language teaching and learning, and the development of short-cut measures of proficiency.

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Mentions

Timothy Boals https://wida.wisc.edu/about/teams/staff/timothy-boals

ACTFL OPI https://www.actfl.org/assessments/postsecondary-assessments/opi

Interagency Language Roundtable https://www.govtilr.org/

APPLE https://www.actfl.org/assessments/k-12-assessments/aappl

NCSSFL https://ncssfl.org/

ACTFL https://www.actfl.org/