I Didn't Get the Grade I Need. Where's My Solicitor?.

Fulcher, Glenn; Bamford, Ron

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ERIC Number: EJ539284

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Publication Date: 1996

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I Didn't Get the Grade I Need. Where's My Solicitor?

Fulcher, Glenn; Bamford, Ron

System, v24 n4 p437-48 Dec 1996

Examines standards in language testing, in the context of the legal framework of the United States and the United Kingdom. The article argues that research into test reliability and validity by testing bodies in the United States has a legal basis and examines areas in which examination boards offering English as a foreign language tests in Britain could face court challenges. (35 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Context Effect, Court Litigation, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Second Language Instruction, Standards, Test Reliability, Test Results, Test Validity, Testing

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom; United States

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