The Innovation in Assessment Prize is designed to complement the existing British Council ELTons Awards and celebrates innovation in the area of language testing and assessment. The winner will receive £1,000. The Innovation in Assessment Prize will be made to an individual or organisation for innovation in any of the following areas:
- Innovative practices in test delivery
- Innovative practices in test administration
- Technical innovation in scoring or delivery
- Innovative item or task development
- Innovative application of applied linguistics or second language acquisition research to language assessment
Nominations will be judged by a panel of language assessment experts.
Key dates for the Innovation in Assessment Prize 2022
February 2022 |
Call for applications and/or nominations |
31 March 2022 |
Applications and/or nominations close |
April 2022 |
Preliminary review of applications/nominations |
May 2022 |
Evaluation and selection of prize winner(s) |
June 2022 |
Prize winner(s) announced |