are key elements in a comprehensive approach to education that is accountable to the needs of learners, the values of scholarly disciplines, and the well-being of society. Assessment and evaluation also provide essential mechanisms for understanding, improving, and demonstrating the worth of foreign language education. AELRC aims to provide leadership, scholarship, and outreach in the practices of FL assessment and program evaluation to foreign language teachers, program administrators, and researchers in diverse educational settings.
Mission and Goals
The AELRC’s primary mission is to facilitate useful assessment and evaluation practices that help foreign language educators innovate and improve their programs, ensure accountability to students and society, and articulate the value of foreign language studies in the world today. In carrying out this mission, the AELRC focuses on three interrelated aspects of foreign language education in the United States: underrepresented languages, populations, and institutions; student learning outcomes assessment; and the Seal of Biliteracy.
Watch out for GURT 2021 that AELRC director Meg Malone will be organizing! More information to come in 2021.
Professional Development
We recently collaborated with the Center for Applied Linguistics to host a webinar on adapting world language assessment to a virtual environment. The webinar can be accessed here!
Participate in Current Research
Share your expertise with us! We are currently collecting responses to a survey.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, AELRC staff are pleased to be able to continue working to serve the language education community remotely. Staff and student researchers are meeting, collaborating, collecting data, and developing resources.
