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Tharu, J. – CIEFL Bulletin, 1973
The soundness of the existing system of examination at the high school level in India is assessed with particular reference to the English section. The purposes to be served by the examination are discussed and the shortcomings of the system are described. The test and the passing procedure is found inferior to those systems which utilize…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, English (Second Language), Essay Tests, Language Tests
Gallagher, Paul; And Others – 1985
To alleviate the possibility that Florida's College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) is biased against non-native English speakers because of its time limits, additional time was allowed for some samples. CLAST, designed to measure communicative and computational competence in college sophomores, has four subtests: reading, writing, computation,…
Descriptors: Black Students, English (Second Language), Essay Tests, Ethnic Groups
