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Validation of the TOEFL as a Canadian University Admissions Requirement
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Simner, Marvin L.; Mitchell, John B. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2007
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is widely used to screen university applicants for whom English is not their native language. Although the cutoff scores vary, in Ontario those with scores much lower than 550 are rarely admitted to any university. Two exceptions are the University of Western Ontario and its affiliate, Brescia…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Validation, English (Second Language), Standardized Tests