courses and services for language testing

ALTE Courses

ALTE offers regular training and development opportunities for assessment professionals, teachers, language schools owners and staff, and all those with an interest in the use and design of language assessment.

Our range of courses varies from our standard courses to bespoke training, developed around a particular need of an organisation.

Please see below, or check our Events page, to find out which courses will be taking place soon.

Discover how ALTE can help you and your organisation

Our courses are open to both member, and non-member organisations.

Our courses are designed around the needs of assessment professionals. Before we start the course, we will ask you to complete a short needs questionnaire, so we can assess your needs in more detail.

In our programme of courses we have:

Course Title	Course Dates 2026
Introduction to Key Concepts in Language Testing	16 January - Register here 15 May - Register here 7 August - Register here
Introduction to Standard Setting	30 January - Register here 17 July - Register here 30 October - Register here
Item Writing Basic and AI in Item Writing (Part 1)	10 - 12 and 24 - 26 Feb - Register here 13 -15 and 27 - 29 Oct - Register here
Introduction to Statistics	13 February - Register here 5 June - Register here 28 August - Register here
Artificial Intelligence in Digital Language Testing	14 - 15 April - Register here
Item Writing Advanced and AI in Item Wiriting (Part 2)	5 - 7 and 19-21 May - Register here 17 - 19 Nov and 1 - 3 Dec - Register here
Oral Assessor Recruitment Training	4 June - Register here 24 September - Register here
Writing Assessor Recruitment Training	25 June - Register here 1 October - Register here
Introduction to Rasch and Facets Analysis	26 June - Register here 9 October - Register here
From Paper-based Testing to Computer-based Testing	coming soon
The Use of the CEFR and the CEFR Companion Volume	coming soon
Introductory Course in Language Testing	coming soon

We offer both an online delivery of the courses, or face-to-face courses which are normally held in conjunction with ALTE conferences. The courses take place in the days before the conference.

Express your interest in any of our courses here.

We are always interested in developing new courses, so if there is an element of assessment not covered in the existing programme, please contact us for a discussion. We may create a bespoke course, or add new courses to the list.

View our short ALTE Services Unit introductory video here.

ALTE - the Association of Language Testers in Europe is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered in England, charity number 1184799.