The phrase "assessing proficiency" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the evaluation of someone's skills or knowledge in a particular area, such as education or job performance.
Example: "The teacher is responsible for assessing proficiency in reading and writing among her students."
Alternatives: "evaluating competence" or "measuring skill level".
However, the practical tests were very rigorous and geared towards assessing proficiency of the resident in a variety of skills.
We administered two English language reading tests on EFL students: one that was constructed specifically for the purpose of assessing proficiency of EFL learners (National Assessment in Germany NAand and one that was originally constructed to assess reading literacy in the testees' first language (PISA).
Since 1999, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Division of AIDS (NIAID DAIDS) has funded the Immunology Quality Assessment (IQA) Program with the goal of assessing proficiency in basic lymphocyte subset immunophenotyping for each North American laboratory supporting the NIAID DAIDS HIV clinical trial networks.
Sessions were recorded on audiotape and subsequently evaluated using the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity Coding, which is a validated tool for assessing proficiency in MI [ 32].
A review of the International English test and its suitability in assessing proficiency in English speaking for nurses should be conducted.
In summary, the multiple-choice item is testing the integrity and appropriateness of the candidate's mental models, and in doing so, is in fact assessing proficiency.
Objectives: The AcroMetrix HIV-1 Resistance Proficiency Program was designed to assess proficiency in the identification of HIV-1 drug resistance mutations using molecular genotyping methods.
This study was designed to assess proficiency in ECG interpretation among residents at the start of their internal medicine (IM) residency.
As you rightly point out, this will then have serious implications for how we assess proficiency too.
Currently, the EQA program assess proficiency using an 8-color Intracellular Cytokine Staining (ICS) assay that measures IFN-γ, IL-2, TNF-α and CD107α.
A post-course examination consisting of a practical examination on live student models and a written image identification examination is held to assess proficiency.
