Sumardi received his bachelor degree in English Education from Jember University in 1997; his master degree in Translation Study from Sebelas Maret University in 2005; and his doctoral program (Ph.D) in Educational Research and Evaluation from Yogyakarta State University in 2011. He has been teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) since 1998. He teaches Language Assessment, TEFL, and Extensive Reading at Under/Graduate School of Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia. His research interests lie in Language Assessment, Methodology in EFL, and Teacher Professional Development.