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Arcuino, Cathy Lee T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine if the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) are related to academic success defined by final cumulative grade point average (GPA). The data sample, from three Midwestern universities, was comprised of international graduate students who…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Scores, Academic Achievement
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Wei, Jing; Llosa, Lorena – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2015
This article reports on an investigation of the role raters' language background plays in raters' assessment of test takers' speaking ability. Specifically, this article examines differences between American and Indian raters in their scores and scoring processes when rating Indian test takers' responses to the Test of English as a Foreign…
Descriptors: North Americans, Indians, Evaluators, English (Second Language)
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Madhumathi, P.; Ghosh, Arijit – English Language Teaching, 2012
This paper reports findings from the study that assessed the first year Indian ESL students' awareness of reading strategy use. It also investigated the relationship that exists between reading strategy use and the reading comprehension achievements of the Indian ESL students. The study utilized two instruments such as SORS and RCT which is the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reading Strategies, Statistical Analysis, Gender Differences
Scoon, Annabelle R.; Blanchard, Joseph D. – 1970
This report discusses the types and results of tests used on 142 "reasonably representative" American Indian bilingual students at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Major hypotheses of the study were that (1) there is a factor in the abilities of an English-as-a-second-language speaker which can be isolated…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Bilingual Students, Cultural Influences
Neal, Menka E. – 1998
This study investigated the relationship between graduate grade-point-average (GGPA) and the total score, as well as the scores on each part, of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). It also investigated the relationship between GGPA and the total score, as well as the scores on each part, of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The…
Descriptors: Correlation, Engineering, Foreign Students, Grade Point Average
Blanchard, Joseph D.; Reedy, Richard – 1970
In an effort to identify factors contributing to the poor achievement levels of American Indian students, a sample of juniors and seniors from the Albuquerque Indian School (AIS is a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school) were administered the following tests: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); Iowa Test of Educational Development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Comparative Analysis