This volume contains achievement tests designed for American students who have completed second-year Persian. They are constructed on the basis of materials related to course syllabi. The tests are tailored to the needs of the conventional second-year Persian program on the college level, where emphasis is usually placed more on reading, translation and grammar, and to a lesser degree on speaking and writing. Preceding the tests, the sources of test data are reviewed. The allocation of points in each section of the test syllabus is outlined, and test administration details such as timing and scoring are described. The linguistic content covered at the second-year level includes pronunciation, sentence patterns, morphemes, and vocabulary. The actual test is divided into four sections: (1) Aural Comprehension and Speaking, (2) Reading and Vocabulary, (3) Writing and Grammatical Structures, and (4) Dictation. The oral sections of the tests, including the dictation, are designed to be administered in a language lab by means of master tapes. (CLK)