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Peer reviewedAlderman, Donald L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
Puerto Rican students took the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the Prueba de Aptitud Academica (PAA), and the Pruebas de Aprovechamiento Academico. The strength of the relationship between scores on the SAT given in English and the PAA given in Spanish increased as proficiency in English as a second language increased (Author/BW)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Proficiency
PDF pending restorationAlderman, Donald L.; Holland, Paul W. – 1981
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was examined for instances in which the item performance of examinees with comparable scores differed according to their native languages. A chi-square procedure, sensitive to deviations of less than ten percent from the expected frequencies of correct item responses across several language groups,…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Students
