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From http://www.actfl.org/news/press-releases/actfl-establishes-center-assessment-research-and-development

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) announces the establishment of the ACTFL Center for Assessment, Research and Development. The ACTFL Board of Directors approved the proposal for the Center during its May 13-15 annual meeting.

The mission of the Center is to support PK-12 schools and institutions of higher education in areas of assessment and articulation; to develop and maintain high-quality language proficiency assessments; to train, certify and maintain highly reliable testers and raters; to conduct research on proficiency and performance outcomes; and to collaborate with other language organizations and government agencies to support and promote research in the areas of high quality language teaching and learning, including examining implications for teacher education.

Dr. Margaret Malone will be leading the Center as Director. Dr. Malone is currently Associate Vice-President of World Languages and International Programs at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL). The author of numerous publications on assessment, she brings extensive experience in language test development, data collection, survey research, and program evaluation to this position. She is also Co-Director of the Assessment and Evaluation Language Resource Center (AELRC) at Georgetown University, a position in which she will continue. Dr. Malone will join ACTFL on August 1.

Read the full press release at http://www.actfl.org/news/press-releases/actfl-establishes-center-assessment-research-and-development