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Download full textPuhl, Carol A.; Swartz, J. J. – 1995
The construction, administration, and scoring of the Teachers Oral Proficiency Interview for South Africa (TOPISA) are described, and issues in its use are discussed. The test was developed to help standardize English proficiency levels of teachers in the post-apartheid, multicultural society. The rationale for a standardized test in this context…
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication
Kilborn, Mary C. – 1985
The preliminary work of the Scottish "School-Based Assessment of Communicative Foreign-Language Skills in Secondary Classes 3 and 4" to train teachers to undertake increased testing responsibilities under recent educational reforms is explained. The models of communicative competence and performance being developed for use with classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Varnhagen, Stanley; Calder, Peter W. – 1985
The Microcomputer Diagnostic Testing Project (MDTP) was designed to broaden the use of microcomputers in student testing, for elementary and secondary school use, and for a variety of test item formats. MDTP was designed to administer tests, to allow teachers to create or revise tests, to print out test forms when desired, to score tests, to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Coombe, Christine A., Ed. – 1998
Papers from the 1997 and 1998 Current Trends in English Language Testing (CTELT) conferences include: "Computer-Based Language Testing: The Call of the Internet" (G. Fulcher); "Uses of the PET (Preliminary English Test) at Sultan Qaboos University" (R. Taylor); "Issues in Foreign and Second Language Academic Listening…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
