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Sundqvist, Pia; Wikström, Peter; Sandlund, Erica; Nyroos, Lina – Language Testing, 2018
The present paper looks at the issue of standardization in L2 oral testing. Whereas external examiners are frequently used globally, some countries opt for test-takers' own teachers as examiners instead. In the present study, Sweden is used as a case in point, with a focus on the mandatory, high-stakes, summative, ninth-grade national test in…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Standards, Second Language Learning, Language Tests
Steffan, Andrea Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines the relationship between ninth graders' math course grades (passing or failing) and future performance on the California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE). Although correlative data is not predictive, it is able to give a sense of which students one can expect to be successful and which students are more likely to benefit…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Testing, Academic Achievement, Exit Examinations