Dr Gladys Quevedo-Camargo

Dr Gladys Quevedo-Camargo

Associate professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation, University of Brasília, Brazil

Gladys Quevedo-Camargo holds the RSA/Delta and a PhD in Language Studies. She is associate professor and researcher at the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation and vice-director of the Institute of Letters at the University of Brasília, Brazil. She supervises undergraduate, MA and PhD students carrying out studies on language testing and assessment and language assessment literacy. She is a member of ILTA – International Language Testing Association and co-founder and board member of LAALTA – Latin American Association for Language Testing and Assessment.

Abstract

The role of assessment in the Brazilian education context and its (potential) washback effects

The aim of this plenary is to discuss the role of assessment in the Brazilian education context and its (potential) washback effects. We will take into consideration the implementation of the National Common Curricular Guidelines in 2018, an official document that rules Brazilian elementary and secondary education which established English as a compulsory subject to be taught from the 6th grade onwards. The discussion will be supported by a panorama of Brazilian and foreign large-scale exams applied in the country. In addition, language assessment policies currently adopted by the Brazilian government will be analysed.