Climate Action in Language Assessment

In common with all the stakeholders in ELT, the testing and assessment community has an environmental footprint. The organisations operating in this space are developing ways of at least partly mitigating this negative impact, yet still retaining robust processes to ensure absolute integrity and given the digital divide in many locations, equity of access. In this session the panellists will discuss their perception of the negative impact on the environment of the testing and assessment community, outline what steps their organisation is taking to reduce that impact and their effectiveness, detail the challenges these measures present (including their understanding of the climate impact of digital), describe what legacy they see from the Covid-19 pandemic and suggest how technological developments in the next few years may allow the sector to become substantially greener.

Panel Chair: Christopher Graham (ELT Footprint)
Panellists:
Steve Adams (British Council)
Vicky Evans (Cambridge University Press & Assessment)
Professor Paul Giller (University College Cork)
Yasmin Hatt (Pearson)