On the 29th of October the faculty of Foreign Languages Department of Samara State University held a meeting with a coordinator of international project Tempus IV "Promoting sustainable excellence in testing and assessment of English" from the University of Bedfordshire (UK), Anthony Green - a famous expert in Testing and Assessment. Anthony Green also met the rector of Samara State University, Dr. habil, Prof. Igor Noskov. Dr. Anthony Green participated in seminar “Classroom assessment” which was devoted to alternative methods of knowledge evaluation. The seminar was held by the head of Foreign Languages Department, Prof. Viktoriya Levchenko and Associate Prof. Luidmila Kozhevnikova. On the afternoon Dr. Green held a workshop on “Assessing Reading” for the teaching society of the Volga and South Ural region. On the 30th of October Dr. Anthony Green, Prof. Viktoriya Levchenko and Associate Prof. Luidmila Kozhevnikova participated in live broadcast of the show “Live theme” on the radio TOK FM. The participants were talking about the role of such topical science as Testing and Assessment and aspects of its application. The show has drawn a wide response among the teaching society – more than 20 questions were asked. A record of the show is available on the web-site: http://tokfm.ru/read/2695.