In my time at McKinsey, one of the associate partners once said, “Our client may have the knowledge, but we have the skill — specifically, the problem-solving skill — to overcome the knowledge barrier ...

Assessments for Minimum Proficiency Levels (AMPL) are innovative and robust tools designed to measure whether students achieve minimum competency in reading and mathematics at specific stages of the ...

Language proficiency assessment encompasses a diverse range of methodologies designed to evaluate an individual’s communicative abilities, from grammatical precision to the dynamic management of ...

Competency-based education (CBE) programs may be an appealing alternative to conventional seat-time-based postsecondary degrees, but CBE’s long-term viability hinges on the credibility of these ...

What is proficiency? Why does it matter? How can we assess it? How does it differ from other kinds of assessment? And what does proficiency assessment tell us that helps to improve learning? David ...

What students are expected to know in order to reach proficiency levels on exams in some states may be as much as four grade levels below the standards set in the states with the most rigorous ...