University language programs help students learn the new language skills they want to take into their careers and personal lives. But learning a new language is hard. Research shows in order to make sure students get the most out of their language learning, foreign language programs need to make sure language instruction is properly targeted to the student's level. Language teachers also need to monitor student progress to ensure their language instruction is effective. Versant language tests enable language programs to easily and cost-effectively assess the speaking skills of its students.

The Versant English or Spanish speaking test can be used as:

• a pre-training tool to assess current language levels and place students into the right level for study.
• identify those who need targeted speaking practice or remedial instruction before participating in other programs or classes.
• a performance-based speaking practice activity within an English training program.
• a progress monitoring or post-training test to measure how much speaking and listening improvement a student has achieved from a language program.
• a practice test to help students prepare for other language speaking exams.

The Versant tests of spoken language are built using criteria developed by expert linguists. The Ordinate scoring system has been extensively field trialed and validated with reference to the most qualified human evaluators of language proficiency, fluency, and pronunciation.

The Versant testing systems allows you to evaluate all of your students on an equal basis with objective, unbiased scoring. It complies with the legal and professional guidelines in the Uniform Guidelines for Employee Selection Procedures and the Principles for the Validation and Use of Personnel Selection Procedures governing the use of tests for high-stakes decision-making in organizations.

Your staff can easily administer the Versant tests by having students take the test over the telephone or on a test center computer. Ordinate automatically scores an employee test, making a detailed score report available for you in the reporting system within minutes of being submitted.