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Peer reviewedAyers, Jerry B.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1973
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Language Programs, Language Tests, Multiple Regression Analysis
Download full textHeil, Donald K.; Aleamoni, Lawrence M. – 1974
The grades which foreign students receive are not always based on the same criteria as the grades assigned to native American students. The use of standardized test scores provides a common data base from which to evaluate the relative proficiency level of foreign students. This study examines the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Language Ability
Peer reviewedDever, Richard B. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1972
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Language Ability, Language Tests, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedBebko, James M.; Calderon, Rosemary; Treder, Robert – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2003
Two studies investigated the developmental trends and concurrent validity of the Language Proficiency Profile-2 (LPP-2), a measure of language and communication skills for deaf children. Results indicate that the LPP-2 has good utility not only as a measure of overall language development but also as a predictor of achievement for English language…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Concurrent Validity, Deafness
Snyder, Vivian; Elmore, Patricia B. – 1983
The sample for this study included 496 students admitted to a large midwestern university through the special admissions program. Validity coefficients of the Descriptive Tests of Language Skills (DTLS) subtests, the Academic Tests of the ACT Assessment Program (ACT), and high school percentile rank were calculated with cumulative grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, College Entrance Examinations, Developmental Studies Programs
Flahive, Douglas E. – 1977
This paper discusses the role of intelligence in language comprehension. In the study reported, an attempt is made to determine how much of the variability in English reading scores of non-native speakers of English can be predicted on the basis of intelligence alone. In the study, three measures of reading comprehension are used: a traditional…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language), Intelligence, Intelligence Tests
Oller, John W., Jr.; Perkins, Kyle – 1978
This book addresses the question of what tests are measures of. Intelligence, achievement, and personality tests not based on empirical investigation have questionable validity. Some researchers now suspect that almost all tests given to students in all subjects, as well as general tests of intelligence and personality, are essentially language…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Cloze Procedure
Clark, John L. D. – 1972
This volume, one in a series in applied linguistics, is a concise handbook of testing theory and practice in foreign language instruction. Two broad categories, "prognosis" and the "evaluation of attainment," are treated in five major chapters, including: (1) prognostic measurement, (2) achievement measurement, (3) proficiency measurement, (4)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Applied Linguistics, Instructional Program Divisions, Item Analysis
