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Download full textLewis, Catherine; Kingdom, Blanche – TESL Canada Journal, 2016
This article provides a 10-year review by the test developers of the Canadian English Language Benchmark Assessment for Nurses (CELBAN™). From 2004 to 2014, the development, implementation, national administration, and operations of CELBAN and CELBAN-related products and services were the responsibility of the test developers and team at the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Santa Mina, Elaine Elizabeth; Eifert, Carol; Ireland, Martha; Fine, Carol; Micevski, Vaska; Wojtiuk, Ruth; Valderrama, Martha; Wilson, Gail – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
A fully online prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR) tool for internationally educated nurses (IENs) was developed and tested by an inter-professional team at Ryerson University. The tool consisted of two stages: a self-assessment component followed by a multiple-choice examination and narrative (vignette) evaluation. The purposes of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Educational Attainment, Nursing
Peer reviewedNorton, Bonny; Stewart, Gail – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1999
Addresses the challenges faced in developing a task-based language assessment instrument for adult immigrants in Canada that is accountable to the needs of diverse groups of stakeholders, including learners, teachers, and administrators. The test, the Canadian Language Benchmarks Assessment (CLBA), is designed to place adult newcomers in language…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adults, Benchmarking, English (Second Language)
