Workplace English Assessment Brief
An assessment brief explains why the company is assessing English, which roles and tasks matter, what evidence will be collected and how the result will be used. At UnifyHub the main assessment is a one-to-one session between the employee and an educator. A level test or AI estimate can support the process, but the educator interprets the evidence and the employee’s work context before a group or programme is recommended.
Author: Ksenia Izotova
Public sample
Define these five items before assessment begins:
- Decision.
Will the result be used for placement, grouping, curriculum design or a development recommendation? - Population.
Which roles, locations and teams are included? - Tasks.
Which meetings, calls, documents or interactions should inform the assessment? - Evidence.
Which general language and task-specific speaking or writing evidence is needed? - Access.
What will the learner receive and which agreed fields will HR or L&D see?
Full editable template content
The downloadable brief must contain fields for:
- programme owner and assessment purpose;
- roles and expected participant count;
- current and future English use;
- up to five priority workplace tasks and their frequency;
- placement components, including the one-to-one educator assessment;
- optional written task where writing affects the decision;
- optional AI or online estimate, clearly labelled as supporting evidence;
- CEFR reporting and task-level observations;
- grouping and programme decisions supported by the result;
- participant communication before assessment;
- agreed HR or L&D access to CEFR level, attendance, homework completion, assessment scores, strengths, areas to work on, educator comments, recordings and recommended next course;
- review and sign-off owner.
Do not include recruitment suitability, professional performance or personality conclusions unless they are separately assessed for a lawful defined purpose outside the language assessment.
Author: Ksenia Izotova