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Beverly Baker; Angel Arias; Louis-David Bibeau; Yiwei Qin; Margret Norenberg; Jennifer St-John – Language Testing, 2024
Placement tests are used to support a particular need in a local context--to determine the best starting place for a student entering a specific programme of language study. This brief report will focus on the development of an innovative placement test with self-directed elements for our local needs at a university in Canada for students studying…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Placement Tests, Personal Autonomy, Test Construction
Serverance, Mary – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
This policy brief was adapted from "English as a Second Language at California's Community Colleges: An Early Examination of AB 705 Reforms." In Fall 2021, colleges began implementing reforms to English as a Second Language (ESL) that were mandated by Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705). In recognition of the need for effective and equitable ESL…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction