ALTE Consultancy Services 

Developing your language assessments with ALTE Consultancy Services 

In addition to our training and professional development activity,
ALTE Services Unit also offers consultancy and development advice to help grow your language testing services.   

Our team of leading experts works closely with you to understand your business aims, highlight areas for improvement, and develop solutions. This will help you to offer professional language testing solutions that meet and promote the highest standards.  

Whether you are looking to improve the quality of item writing in your team, revising your curriculum to align with international standards or considering how to expand your testing into different areas (such as language testing for migration purposes), we can help and guide you through the process. 

Why Choose Us? 

• Tailored Solutions: We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all. We work with you to create a unique solution that addresses your organisation’s challenges and business objectives in the language testing arena. 

• Expert-Led Consultancy: Our consultants are seasoned professionals within the world of language testing who bring years of experience to the table, ensuring you receive high-level insights and advice. 

• Proven Results: Our approach has helped many organizations streamline and develop their assessment activity and introduced new ways of thinking and opportunities.  

Please see below topics of three recent consultancies:  

Case study 1: Curriculum revision   
Case study 2: Item analysis  

Case study 3: Revision of internal procedures, like Standard Setting and CEFR mapping  

Contact us today to discuss how we can help at servicesunit@alte.org 

Validation Services

The ALTE Services Unit also offers a range of services to exam providers and to small teams working in language assessment. This includes statistical analysis of exams and items, analysis of rater performance, reports on candidate characteristics, research into exam and language use at regional and national level, preparation for audits, editing and review of reports, and preparation of articles or presentations on assessment. 

Recent undertaken projects have included:

• Rasch and item analysis reports on the performance of items in pre-testing and live testing;
• Analysis of rater performance in speaking and writing assessment;
• Review of articles on training and monitoring of raters pre-submission to academic journals;
• Research on the impact of introducing external assessment into national secondary education;
• Pre-submission review of audit documentation for exam providers;
• EU Funded research and a report on the use of the host country language in the workplace by migrant workers.

If you would like to request support in any of the offered services, please contact the ALTE Services Unit: servicesunit@alte.org .
Support is available for teams and individuals from both member and external organisations. 

View our short ALTE Services Unit introductory video here.