Carol Spoettl was the exam reform project leader from 2007-2015 in Austria which introduced a new school leaving exam in the foreign languages. The project developed CEFR linked tests at 2 CEFR levels, for the skills reading, listening, writing and language in use and for four of the languages taught; English, French, Italian and Spanish. All tests were standard set with the assistance of international judges, including representatives from Spain. She is currently the co-ordinator of the Language Testing Research Group at the University of Innsbruck's School of Education.