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ALTAANZ Conference 2023
Online, 14-16 November
Theme: Intersections, Crossings and Barriers

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The 2023 conference showcases the work of practitioners and researchers whose assessment practices or research are at the intersection of language and content, or whose assessment work straddles professional, disciplinary, social or linguistic boundaries that arise in workplaces, schools, institutions, organisations and jurisdictions. The session types are: research papers, works-in-progress, demonstrations, roundtables and workshops. Themes in the program are:

  • Assessment which intersects content areas and language ability, e.g., in Content-Based Instruction, Literacy or LSP assessment
  • Assessment of subject content (e.g., science, history) through additional languages
  • Multilingual assessment and assessment in multilingual contexts 
  • Interactions between large-scale standardised assessments/frameworks and classroom practices 
  • Assessments and tests with multiple uses
  • Accessibility, accommodations and Universal Design
  • Intersections between learning and assessment 
  • Collaborations across stakeholder groups 
  • Language assessment policy and practice: ethics and accountability 
  • Creating, expanding and reconceptualising theoretical models and validity frameworks for language assessment
  • Classroom-based assessment: new developments, challenges, local practices 
  • Standardised tests: development, implementation and/or use
  • Technological innovations or applications in language assessment
  • Non-traditional contexts of learning and assessment, e.g., remote assessment, home schooling
  • Research methodology for exploring language assessment practice

The inaugural Tim McNamara Lecture will be given in the 2023 Conference. The lecture honours the distinguished contribution Tim McNamara has made to the fields of Language Testing and Assessment, and to Applied Linguistics more generally. The inaugural lecture will be delivered by Suresh Canagarajah. Read about the plenary speakers.

Register for the conference here. The registration fee is for the full duration of the conference. Please note: All presentations are live online and will not be recorded.

Standard Registration fees
Members – full-time employed: $AU120
*Non-Members – full-time employed: $AU140
Members – student, non-earner or casually employed: $AU35
*Non-Members – student, non-earner or casually employed: $AU50

*ALTAANZ Membership is free. Members receive regular email updates and newsletters from ALTAANZ. Membership forms are available here.

For general enquiries about the conference, email: [email protected]
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