In the ever-evolving landscape of language learning and education, few have made as indelible a mark as Dr. Aleidine “Ali” Moeller, a name synonymous with leadership, research, innovation, and an…
Ali Moeller: Leadership in Language
Updated: September 2023 Standards ensure the consistent measure of one or more skills and guide educators in the best teaching and learning practices and tools. The Avant STAMP language assessment…
Avant STAMP and the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
How Language Proficiency Training Transformed My Teaching By: Caroline E. Schlegel, M.Ed. I was going through my desk drawer the other day and came across a lesson I had…
How Language Proficiency Training Transformed My Teaching
Sandra Martins was a good Spanish student. But, when she finally visited Spain for the first time, she found much of what she had learned to be useless. Language Learning…
Using STAMP to Create a Culture of Learning at the College of DuPage
Tell me and I forget Teach me and I remember Involve me and I learn -Benjamin Franklin The publication of the ACTFL…
ADVANCE: Making Proficiency Real for Preservice Teachers
Art Fry was so frustrated, he almost said a bad word in church. Every time he opened his hymnal, his bookmarks fluttered to the floor. Then he remembered that one…
Avant ADVANCE: Bringing Language Standards To Life
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ Aristotle Teachers As Raters=Success We gets calls from schools around the country every day….
Training Raters, Transforming Classrooms
Who Rates The STAMP Tests? The human-rated responses in the Avant STAMP, PLACE, Arabic Proficiency Test(APT), and the Spanish Heritage Language tests are rated by Certified Avant Raters who are…
How Does Avant Rate Speaking And Writing Responses?
Coding ≠ World Language Some state legislatures have proposed that students who learn to code should earn world language credits. Is learning to code equivalent to learning a world language?…
The Coding is Equivalent to World Language Myth – Should We Look In The Mirror?