David Bong

In today's connected world, language has never mattered more. To reach your destination, you first need to know where you are. Avant's assessments accurately and efficiently measure language skills and provide data and reporting that help to guide instruction, curriculum and learning. Avant creates web-based, age-appropriate language proficiency tests, language placement tests, and educator training tools that are: Real - We use only passages from the real world that students and adult learners live and communicate in. Scientific - Computer Adaptive Multi-Stage test design efficiently and accurately addresses the complexity of language to measure proficiency. Meaningful - The rich data generated is presented in easy-to-access reports that inform instruction, curriculum and learning. Avant's assessments measure proficiency in 32 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.