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Students who have considerable experience with a language other than English can fulfill their Second Language Core requirement by taking the proficiency exam to demonstrate their proficiency in that ...

Who is eligible to take the proficiency exam? The Proficiency Exam is intended for students who have considerable experience with a language other than English and who would like to demonstrate that ...

Proficiency examinations allow students to receive credit for a Case Western Reserve University course by passing an examination for that course. Students should think critically before registering ...

A study of seven high-poverty districts in the Seattle metropolitan area found that it took nearly four years for elementary school-aged English-language learners to develop English proficiency.

A poster showing Montpelier High School’s learning expectations is visible around the building. Students are assessed on habits of learning, citizenship and five other “transferable skills” under the ...

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, in an emergency meeting of its board of directors, voted to add English language proficiency to its commercial motor vehicle driver out-of-service criteria to ...

Vietnam ranks 58th in the global English proficiency ranking for adults, up two places compared to last year. Scoring 505 out of 800, Vietnam is placed 58th out of 113 non-native English-speaking ...

The ‘No Child Left Behind’ Act fails to balance equity and excellence. Throughout our history, Americans have stood strong for two bedrock values: equity and excellence. Defining equity in terms of ...

When you bring a measurement instrument to a calibration lab, you assume that your instrument will come back within expected tolerances. But, how do you know? That's where laboratory proficiency tests ...

During the past 10 years, sustainment unit training efforts have focused on building and developing Soldiers' tactical skills at the cost of their technical military occupational specialty (MOS) ...