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October 13, 2023

ALIRA for 2023-24 to Launch October 16

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September 15, 2023

AAPPL 2023-24 Available Beginning September 15

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August 31, 2023

ACTFL and LTI Introduce Groundbreaking Automated Scoring System for the AAPPL Spanish Presentational Writing Component

ACTFL and Language Testing International (LTI) proudly announce the launch of an automated scoring system for the ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) Spanish Presentational Writing (PW) component.