CALA ACÉL
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The Canadian Association of Language Asessement (CALA)/ Association canadienne pour l'évaluation des langues (ACÉL) promotes quality in language assessment
Fall 2025 online event: We are so pleased to have Matthieu Meignan, Meng-Hsun Lee , and Christina Hammam sharing their student award winning papers from our in-person Fall conference. Everyone is welcome to join us for this exciting event! To register email communications.cala.acel@gmail.com.
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Fall 2025 online event: We are so pleased to have Matthieu Meignan, Meng-Hsun Lee , and Christina Hammam sharing their student award winning papers from our in-person Fall conference. Everyone is welcome to join us for this exciting event! To register email communications.cala.acel@gmail.com.
Anddddd that’s a wrap!!!
What a wonderful end to the #CALA2025 Fall Conference💙
Thank you to all the amazing students and professionals who contributed their time and expertise to this conference, and to CALA’s leadership team for all their guidance and leadership in organizing this event.
What a wonderful end to the #CALA2025 Fall Conference💙
Thank you to all the amazing students and professionals who contributed their time and expertise to this conference, and to CALA’s leadership team for all their guidance and leadership in organizing this event.
October 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Anddddd that’s a wrap!!!
What a wonderful end to the #CALA2025 Fall Conference💙
Thank you to all the amazing students and professionals who contributed their time and expertise to this conference, and to CALA’s leadership team for all their guidance and leadership in organizing this event.
What a wonderful end to the #CALA2025 Fall Conference💙
Thank you to all the amazing students and professionals who contributed their time and expertise to this conference, and to CALA’s leadership team for all their guidance and leadership in organizing this event.
✨Congratulations to our Student Award winners!!! 🏆
1️⃣ Matthieu Meignan
2️⃣ Meng-Su Lee
3️⃣ Christina Hammam
Thank you all for your contributions to our #CALA2025 conference, offering us insightful and meaningful perspectives into language assessment and how we can improve the field!
1️⃣ Matthieu Meignan
2️⃣ Meng-Su Lee
3️⃣ Christina Hammam
Thank you all for your contributions to our #CALA2025 conference, offering us insightful and meaningful perspectives into language assessment and how we can improve the field!
October 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
✨Congratulations to our Student Award winners!!! 🏆
1️⃣ Matthieu Meignan
2️⃣ Meng-Su Lee
3️⃣ Christina Hammam
Thank you all for your contributions to our #CALA2025 conference, offering us insightful and meaningful perspectives into language assessment and how we can improve the field!
1️⃣ Matthieu Meignan
2️⃣ Meng-Su Lee
3️⃣ Christina Hammam
Thank you all for your contributions to our #CALA2025 conference, offering us insightful and meaningful perspectives into language assessment and how we can improve the field!
At #CALA2025, Eunice Jang presents “Leveraging AI for the Assessment of Critical Reasoning in Graduate Writing: Connecting Theory, Ethics, and Practice in Canadian Higher Education.”
#CALA #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #Duolingo #DuolingoEnglishTest #LanguageAssessment #CELPIP #toefl #academicresearch
#CALA #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #Duolingo #DuolingoEnglishTest #LanguageAssessment #CELPIP #toefl #academicresearch
October 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
At #CALA2025, Eunice Jang presents “Leveraging AI for the Assessment of Critical Reasoning in Graduate Writing: Connecting Theory, Ethics, and Practice in Canadian Higher Education.”
#CALA #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #Duolingo #DuolingoEnglishTest #LanguageAssessment #CELPIP #toefl #academicresearch
#CALA #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #Duolingo #DuolingoEnglishTest #LanguageAssessment #CELPIP #toefl #academicresearch
At #CALA2025, Heike Neuman dives into the transformative power of Generative AI in education.
GenAI: Leveraging Disruption for Positive Change — turning disruption into meaningful progress.🔎✨
GenAI: Leveraging Disruption for Positive Change — turning disruption into meaningful progress.🔎✨
October 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
At #CALA2025, Heike Neuman dives into the transformative power of Generative AI in education.
GenAI: Leveraging Disruption for Positive Change — turning disruption into meaningful progress.🔎✨
GenAI: Leveraging Disruption for Positive Change — turning disruption into meaningful progress.🔎✨
✨What an amazing Panel Discussion!! #CALA2025
📙📕State of Language Assessment in Canada: Past, Presert and Future
💬 Heike Neumann, Shahrzad Saif, Eunice Jang, and Beverly Baker
📙📕State of Language Assessment in Canada: Past, Presert and Future
💬 Heike Neumann, Shahrzad Saif, Eunice Jang, and Beverly Baker
October 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
✨What an amazing Panel Discussion!! #CALA2025
📙📕State of Language Assessment in Canada: Past, Presert and Future
💬 Heike Neumann, Shahrzad Saif, Eunice Jang, and Beverly Baker
📙📕State of Language Assessment in Canada: Past, Presert and Future
💬 Heike Neumann, Shahrzad Saif, Eunice Jang, and Beverly Baker
✨🧠📘 #CALA2025
🔹 Christina Hammam – Understanding referral barriers: A scoping review of psychoeducational assessment pathways for EAL students
🔹 Yara Yazbek – A qualitative examination of school psychologists’ knowledge of and experiences with supporting newcomer students in Nova Scotia schools
🔹 Christina Hammam – Understanding referral barriers: A scoping review of psychoeducational assessment pathways for EAL students
🔹 Yara Yazbek – A qualitative examination of school psychologists’ knowledge of and experiences with supporting newcomer students in Nova Scotia schools
October 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
✨🧠📘 #CALA2025
🔹 Christina Hammam – Understanding referral barriers: A scoping review of psychoeducational assessment pathways for EAL students
🔹 Yara Yazbek – A qualitative examination of school psychologists’ knowledge of and experiences with supporting newcomer students in Nova Scotia schools
🔹 Christina Hammam – Understanding referral barriers: A scoping review of psychoeducational assessment pathways for EAL students
🔹 Yara Yazbek – A qualitative examination of school psychologists’ knowledge of and experiences with supporting newcomer students in Nova Scotia schools
🧠✨ Exploring the intersection of Educational Psychology and language learning at #CALA2025!
Emma Becker presented “Aligning Social-Emotional Learning theory, evidence, and assessment for EAL learners: A scoping review of Canadian evidence.” 🇨🇦
#MSVU #EAL #Social-EmotionalLearning #LanguageAssessment
Emma Becker presented “Aligning Social-Emotional Learning theory, evidence, and assessment for EAL learners: A scoping review of Canadian evidence.” 🇨🇦
#MSVU #EAL #Social-EmotionalLearning #LanguageAssessment
October 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🧠✨ Exploring the intersection of Educational Psychology and language learning at #CALA2025!
Emma Becker presented “Aligning Social-Emotional Learning theory, evidence, and assessment for EAL learners: A scoping review of Canadian evidence.” 🇨🇦
#MSVU #EAL #Social-EmotionalLearning #LanguageAssessment
Emma Becker presented “Aligning Social-Emotional Learning theory, evidence, and assessment for EAL learners: A scoping review of Canadian evidence.” 🇨🇦
#MSVU #EAL #Social-EmotionalLearning #LanguageAssessment
✨ Meng-Su Lee presented “An Investigation into Feedback Uptake in Computerized Dynamic Assessment”
#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #DynamicAssessment #ComputerizedDynamicAssessment #LanguageAssessment #academicresearch
#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #DynamicAssessment #ComputerizedDynamicAssessment #LanguageAssessment #academicresearch
October 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
✨ Meng-Su Lee presented “An Investigation into Feedback Uptake in Computerized Dynamic Assessment”
#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #DynamicAssessment #ComputerizedDynamicAssessment #LanguageAssessment #academicresearch
#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #DynamicAssessment #ComputerizedDynamicAssessment #LanguageAssessment #academicresearch
✨Zhi Li presented on Comparing the use of interactional tools in IELTS lecture-based listening tests and the BASE lectures.
#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #LanguageAssessment #AcademicResearch #IELTS #BASELectures
#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #LanguageAssessment #AcademicResearch #IELTS #BASELectures
October 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
✨Zhi Li presented on Comparing the use of interactional tools in IELTS lecture-based listening tests and the BASE lectures.
#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #LanguageAssessment #AcademicResearch #IELTS #BASELectures
#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #LanguageAssessment #AcademicResearch #IELTS #BASELectures
✨Anne-Marie Sénécal and the research team started the morning off with their presentation “Examining research on language test preparation practices: A systematic review with insights for the Canadian context” 💬🇨🇦
October 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
✨Anne-Marie Sénécal and the research team started the morning off with their presentation “Examining research on language test preparation practices: A systematic review with insights for the Canadian context” 💬🇨🇦
✨ Welcome to Day 2 of the Fall 2025 #CALA Conference 💙📚
Get ready for another great day full of exciting presentations!!
#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #Duolingo #DuolingoEnglishTest #LanguageAssessment #CELPIP #toefl #academicresearch
Get ready for another great day full of exciting presentations!!
#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #Duolingo #DuolingoEnglishTest #LanguageAssessment #CELPIP #toefl #academicresearch
October 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
✨ Welcome to Day 2 of the Fall 2025 #CALA Conference 💙📚
Get ready for another great day full of exciting presentations!!
#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #Duolingo #DuolingoEnglishTest #LanguageAssessment #CELPIP #toefl #academicresearch
Get ready for another great day full of exciting presentations!!
#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #Duolingo #DuolingoEnglishTest #LanguageAssessment #CELPIP #toefl #academicresearch
✨#CALA2025 Work-In-Progress
🔹Susan Ballinger: Assessing cross-linguistic awareness: Illuminating a key construct in multilingualism
🔹Andrea Fraser: Early Reading Screening Measures: How Universal Screeners Support Decision-Making for All Students
🔹Susan Ballinger: Assessing cross-linguistic awareness: Illuminating a key construct in multilingualism
🔹Andrea Fraser: Early Reading Screening Measures: How Universal Screeners Support Decision-Making for All Students
October 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
✨#CALA2025 Work-In-Progress
🔹Susan Ballinger: Assessing cross-linguistic awareness: Illuminating a key construct in multilingualism
🔹Andrea Fraser: Early Reading Screening Measures: How Universal Screeners Support Decision-Making for All Students
🔹Susan Ballinger: Assessing cross-linguistic awareness: Illuminating a key construct in multilingualism
🔹Andrea Fraser: Early Reading Screening Measures: How Universal Screeners Support Decision-Making for All Students
✨ #CALA2025 Work-In-Progress
Michelle Chen: Jagged Profiles in High-Stakes Language Testing: Patterns and Implications
Mahdi Ramezani: From Trust to Test Scores: Digital Confidence and Fairness Mediating Motivation in Adaptive (DET) and Traditional Language Testing (IELTS)
Michelle Chen: Jagged Profiles in High-Stakes Language Testing: Patterns and Implications
Mahdi Ramezani: From Trust to Test Scores: Digital Confidence and Fairness Mediating Motivation in Adaptive (DET) and Traditional Language Testing (IELTS)
October 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
✨ #CALA2025 Work-In-Progress
Michelle Chen: Jagged Profiles in High-Stakes Language Testing: Patterns and Implications
Mahdi Ramezani: From Trust to Test Scores: Digital Confidence and Fairness Mediating Motivation in Adaptive (DET) and Traditional Language Testing (IELTS)
Michelle Chen: Jagged Profiles in High-Stakes Language Testing: Patterns and Implications
Mahdi Ramezani: From Trust to Test Scores: Digital Confidence and Fairness Mediating Motivation in Adaptive (DET) and Traditional Language Testing (IELTS)
✨ #CALA2025 Work-In-Progress
🔹Kevin Croisetière-Otis: Professional Representations of FFL Classroom Assessment: Discourses of Quebec Teachers in Vietnam
🔹 Ramsey CardWell: Predictive Validity of DET Scores in Canadian Higher Education English
🔹Kevin Croisetière-Otis: Professional Representations of FFL Classroom Assessment: Discourses of Quebec Teachers in Vietnam
🔹 Ramsey CardWell: Predictive Validity of DET Scores in Canadian Higher Education English
October 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
✨ #CALA2025 Work-In-Progress
🔹Kevin Croisetière-Otis: Professional Representations of FFL Classroom Assessment: Discourses of Quebec Teachers in Vietnam
🔹 Ramsey CardWell: Predictive Validity of DET Scores in Canadian Higher Education English
🔹Kevin Croisetière-Otis: Professional Representations of FFL Classroom Assessment: Discourses of Quebec Teachers in Vietnam
🔹 Ramsey CardWell: Predictive Validity of DET Scores in Canadian Higher Education English
✨#CALA2025 Work-In-Progress
🔹Han Lai: Fluent Readers, Stronger Speakers: Predicting Oral Language Skills in ELL and Non-ELL Students
🔹John Smith III: Indigenizing English Placement Assessment: Transforming Assessment for Indigenous Learners' Success
🔹Han Lai: Fluent Readers, Stronger Speakers: Predicting Oral Language Skills in ELL and Non-ELL Students
🔹John Smith III: Indigenizing English Placement Assessment: Transforming Assessment for Indigenous Learners' Success
October 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
✨#CALA2025 Work-In-Progress
🔹Han Lai: Fluent Readers, Stronger Speakers: Predicting Oral Language Skills in ELL and Non-ELL Students
🔹John Smith III: Indigenizing English Placement Assessment: Transforming Assessment for Indigenous Learners' Success
🔹Han Lai: Fluent Readers, Stronger Speakers: Predicting Oral Language Skills in ELL and Non-ELL Students
🔹John Smith III: Indigenizing English Placement Assessment: Transforming Assessment for Indigenous Learners' Success
Wrapped up Day 1 of #CALA2025 with our Work-In-Progress discussions. So inspired by the incredible range of talks today!
#MSVU #AcademicResearch #Duolingo #LanguageAssessment
#MSVU #AcademicResearch #Duolingo #LanguageAssessment
October 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Wrapped up Day 1 of #CALA2025 with our Work-In-Progress discussions. So inspired by the incredible range of talks today!
#MSVU #AcademicResearch #Duolingo #LanguageAssessment
#MSVU #AcademicResearch #Duolingo #LanguageAssessment
❇️ Ramsey Caldwell with #Duolingo discussed a study extended time accommodations on a computer-adaptive high-stakes English test. 💻💬
#CALA2025 #CALA/ACEL #LanguageAssessment #DuolingoEnglishTest #ELL #MSVU #Halifax #LanguageTest
#CALA2025 #CALA/ACEL #LanguageAssessment #DuolingoEnglishTest #ELL #MSVU #Halifax #LanguageTest
October 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
❇️ Ramsey Caldwell with #Duolingo discussed a study extended time accommodations on a computer-adaptive high-stakes English test. 💻💬
#CALA2025 #CALA/ACEL #LanguageAssessment #DuolingoEnglishTest #ELL #MSVU #Halifax #LanguageTest
#CALA2025 #CALA/ACEL #LanguageAssessment #DuolingoEnglishTest #ELL #MSVU #Halifax #LanguageTest
✨Johanathan Woodworth presented on educator perspectives on AI literacy and fairness in language assessment and feedback. 💬📚
#CALA2025 #CALA/ACÉL #MSVU #MountSaintVincentUniversity #MSVUResearch #TESL #LanguageAssessment #AI #Literacy
#CALA2025 #CALA/ACÉL #MSVU #MountSaintVincentUniversity #MSVUResearch #TESL #LanguageAssessment #AI #Literacy
October 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
✨Johanathan Woodworth presented on educator perspectives on AI literacy and fairness in language assessment and feedback. 💬📚
#CALA2025 #CALA/ACÉL #MSVU #MountSaintVincentUniversity #MSVUResearch #TESL #LanguageAssessment #AI #Literacy
#CALA2025 #CALA/ACÉL #MSVU #MountSaintVincentUniversity #MSVUResearch #TESL #LanguageAssessment #AI #Literacy
🔹Beverly Baker and Heike Neumann highlighted critical issues in language assessment, including extended time accommodations in computer-adaptive English testing and the broader implications for TESL contexts.
#CALA2025 #msvu_halifax #LanguageAssessment #TESL
#CALA2025 #msvu_halifax #LanguageAssessment #TESL
October 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
🔹Beverly Baker and Heike Neumann highlighted critical issues in language assessment, including extended time accommodations in computer-adaptive English testing and the broader implications for TESL contexts.
#CALA2025 #msvu_halifax #LanguageAssessment #TESL
#CALA2025 #msvu_halifax #LanguageAssessment #TESL
✨Keynote Speaker Spiros Papageorgiou presents on Methodologies for Mapping Test Scores to External Standards in the Canadian Context. 🎓🇨🇦
#CALA2025 #LanguagingAssessment #ETS #MSVU #LanguageScores #LanguageProficiency #Canada
#CALA2025 #LanguagingAssessment #ETS #MSVU #LanguageScores #LanguageProficiency #Canada
October 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
✨Keynote Speaker Spiros Papageorgiou presents on Methodologies for Mapping Test Scores to External Standards in the Canadian Context. 🎓🇨🇦
#CALA2025 #LanguagingAssessment #ETS #MSVU #LanguageScores #LanguageProficiency #Canada
#CALA2025 #LanguagingAssessment #ETS #MSVU #LanguageScores #LanguageProficiency #Canada
💡Meaningful contributions and discussions #CALA2025 #MSVU
🔹 Christine Doe – Taking a positive turn for the affective dimension of the Learning-Oriented Assessment Framework: “These things give us courage”
🔹 Meng-Hsu Lee – A mixed-methods investigation into raters’ assessments of prosodic features
🔹 Christine Doe – Taking a positive turn for the affective dimension of the Learning-Oriented Assessment Framework: “These things give us courage”
🔹 Meng-Hsu Lee – A mixed-methods investigation into raters’ assessments of prosodic features
October 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM