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The Decision-Making Process in Language Program Placement: Test and Nontest Factors Interacting in Context
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Plakans, Lia; Burke, Maureen – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
The use of tests has been targeted as a critical point in validity, which suggests that contexts for test use warrant closer investigation. This article describes a study of decision making during test use in the context of a university intensive English language program. Over a period of 2 1/2 years, data were collected by audio-recording…
Descriptors: Test Use, Textbooks, Decision Making, Second Language Learning