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Peer reviewedOlson, Margot A.; Martin, Diane – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1981
Describes efforts to design a method of assessing community college students' entry-level writing skills, which compared the predictive validity of three methods of evaluating writing skills: writing samples, objective tests, and self-assessments. Results of these scores were correlated with students' success in writing courses. (CAM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods, Language Tests
Peer reviewedDieterich, Thomas G.; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
Summarizes some of the findings of recent study of tests designed to determine the English language proficiency of nonnative speakers. (CFM)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, English (Second Language), Evaluation, Language Dominance
