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From http://www.actfl.org/news/reports/assigning-cefr-ratings-actfl-assessments

The Common European Framework of Reference for Language (CEFR) is used widely across Europe to establish levels of language proficiency for testing and certification. Likewise, the American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines, themselves based on ILR skill levels descriptions from programs of the US government, form the basis of assessment and standards-based planning and instruction in the United States.

Based on the information and discussions from the ACTFL-CEFR Conferences and resulting papers and journals, ACTFL worked with an EU-based research group to develop an ACTFL-CEFR crosswalk to be able to offer CEFR ratings for ACTFL assessments. The findings from the extensive research and linking and validation studies, show that CEFR ratings can be assigned on ACTFL assessments, in all languages. Studies also indicate that these are one-directional correspondences, that is to say, CEFR ratings can be assigned to ACTFL tests, however, the reverse cannot be stated. To date, no CEFR-based test, or other international test not developed by ACTFL, has been linked to the ACTFL Framework.

Read the full report here: http://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/reports/Assigning_CEFR_Ratings_To_ACTFL_Assessments.pdf