The NEWL: Arabic test is a proctored online assessment requiring approximately three hours for administration, including a scheduled 15 minute break. The exam consists of four subtests, all of which assess functional proficiency or performance in Arabic within interpersonal, interpretive, presentational modes of communication, based on authentic text and speech samples. The NEWL: Arabic is designed to provide a set of measures of functional proficiency in Arabic for use as a predictive assessment for continued language study beyond high school. This test reflects best practices in the field of language assessment and is innovative in its construct and design.