Avant Assessment
Rizwana Ahmed has extensive experience in language education and linguistic expertise, currently serving as an ACTFL Freelancer and Target Language Expert at Avant Assessment since February 2011, where responsibilities include content review and test development for less commonly taught languages. Concurrently, Rizwana works as an Urdu and Punjabi Linguistic Expert for Second Language Testing Inc., contributing to various projects, including collaborations with the Defense Language Institute. Previous roles include developing Urdu language resources for the University of South Florida and serving as Lead Teacher at Tutor Time International Inc., focusing on cultural diversity in early childhood education. Rizwana's foundational experience includes teaching Political Science and English as a Foreign Language at Army Burn Hall School and College, supported by a Master's degree in Political Science and a Post Graduate Diploma in TEFL.
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Avant Assessment
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.