Best International Implementation Award

Kaplan International Tools for English by Kaplan International Pathways UK Kaplan International Tools for English, a computerised-adaptive test of English was successfully implemented as part of British Council’s ‘English without Borders’ (EwB) project in Colombia. The project’s key aim is to bridge the attainment gap by providing less-privileged students with high-quality English learning opportunities through a virtual learning programme, inclusive of digital materials and standardised assessment, offered in addition to regular school-based instruction. As the findings from EwB are to inform Colombia’s National Bilingual Policy reform, a robust language measurement tool was needed to evaluate the impact of the programme. Kaplan entered into partnership with BCC to provide this tool. The Kaplan International Tools for English is a secure, online, adaptive, scalable and instruction-sensitive language proficiency measurement tool, which enables accurate learning gain tracking over time. The results reportability of the Kaplan test enabled detailed insights into EwB students’ performances, necessary for analyses of EwB’s effectiveness. The EwB is a large-scale project which grew from one location and 4,165 applicants during the first iteration in 2021, to 7,661 applicants in 2022 in three locations and over 250 schools. Now, in its third year of implementation and extending into 2025, we expect to test an additional 5000 learners across multiple locations.

Prodigy Learning ‘Coding in Minecraft’ is aK-12 computer science credential program with supporting curriculum delivered through the immersive world of Minecraft. Launched in the UK in 2018, the US in2019 and Australia in 2021 it is transforming computer science education at scale across the world. Developed by Prodigy Learning, it engages youngand diverse learners throughgame-based learning incomputer science andcoding and rewards learning with credentials. Students learnby completing activities either individually or collaboratively and undertakeformative and summative assessments to prove their skills. In 2022 Prodigy increased global market penetration with a definingyear ofunprecedented innovation andsuccess for theproduct securing many transformational deals, driving growth insales and users as well asenhancing customer e昀昀icienciesandoutcomes inglobal markets. The US has seenthe greatest adoption as it provides a solutionto the manychallenges of implementinga computer science policy. ‘Coding in Minecraft’ is available to all schools in various states such as North Carolina, Washington, Alaska and Idaho. Key to thegrowth of‘Coding in Minecraft’ has beenthe winning the Best Formative Assessment Project at the2021 eAssessment Awards which has provided validation ofthe product forglobal customers.