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Test Review: BEST Plus Spoken Language Test
Van Moere, Alistair
Language Testing, v26 n2 p305-313 2009
The purpose of BEST Plus is to assess the ability to understand and use unprepared, conversational, everyday language within topic areas generally covered in adult education courses. It is one of several standardized assessments approved by the National Reporting System (NRS, 2008), which is the accountability system for federally funded ESL and adult education in the USA. The test is used to measure language gain in individuals as well as the overall effectiveness of a language program through a pretest-posttest process. This article provides a review of BEST Plus. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Oral Language, Language Tests, Adult Education, Test Reviews, Accountability, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Achievement Gains, Program Effectiveness, Second Language Programs, Second Language Instruction, Pretests Posttests
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