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Roemer, Ann E. – College and University, 2020
College and university admissions officers are the gatekeepers who decide which individuals may join the "country club" of higher education. As such, the decisions they make have a significant impact on the lives of individuals, especially those who are willing to travel across the globe and risk living in an unfamiliar country in order…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Cutting Scores
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Lazaraton, Anne – ELT Journal, 2006
This article responds to points raised in the article "The paired format in the Cambridge Speaking Tests" by Julie Norton in the 59/4 issue of this Journal on the potential drawbacks of a paired format in oral testing, based on observations about the nature of the discourse produced in this context. This article argues that, although the author…
Descriptors: Testing, Oral Language, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
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Stevenson, Douglas K. – Language Testing, 1985
Discusses authenticity in language testing in relation to the language proficiency movement. Looks at both sociolinguistic and psychometric principles as they are concerned with authenticity and validity as well as the inferential distance that separates face validity from techical validities. Criticizes the belief that some test type possess…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Measurement Techniques, Methods, Psychometrics
American Language Review, 1998
Provides information and strategies for helping language teachers know how to prepare students for the new computerized version of the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Information focuses on changes in scoring and test format. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Scores
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Meara, Paul; Fitzpatrick, Tess – System, 2000
Describes an easy-to-administer test of productive vocabulary that requires subjects to produce a set of word association responses to a small set of stimulus words. Argues that such a test might tap the extent of nonnative speakers' productive vocabulary more effectively than other tests in current use. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Adults, Associative Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests
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Henning, Grant – Foreign Language Annals, 1990
Testing issues and concerns that should receive renewed and increased professional attention are highlighted. These include curriculum concerns, developmental matters; generalizability, content and format considerations, contextualization issues, and technology concerns. (JL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Educational Technology, Language Tests
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Plastre, Guy – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1981
Starting from the premise that the assessment of second language learners' competence is a must at several points during the learning process, discusses the usefulness of laboratory testing. Argues that it allows for standardized testing, facility of test administration, easy scoring, objective measures, reliability and validity of results. (MES)
Descriptors: English, French, Language Laboratories, Scoring
Shin, Ilsoon – Dialog on Language Instruction, 1997
Discusses student evaluation in foreign-language courses and argues that passing a multiple-choice test should not be a course objective. Suggests that achieving such an objective does not ensure that students understand the topic or that they will use their new knowledge in new situations, nor that they know how to analyze to the appropriate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Choice Tests
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Chalhoub-Deville, Micheline – Foreign Language Annals, 1997
Reports on the Minnesota Articulation Project, providing an overview of the projects' three principal working groups: political action, curriculum, and assessment. The article then outlines the theoretical underpinnings of the proficiency-based assessment instruments developed in French, German, and Spanish and describes in detail the content and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), French, German, Language Proficiency