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Direct linkOckey, Gary J.; Vo, Sonca; Baghestani, Shireen – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2021
Various approaches help determine students' need for language support courses. Some programs use standardized language proficiency test scores, which are available from the admissions process; others use local placement tests, which are typically designed to be aligned with local language needs and ESL course curricula. Using local placement tests…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Standardized Tests, Placement Tests, Student Evaluation
Ockey, Gary J.; Muhammad, Ananda Astrini; Prasetyo, Agustinus Hardi; Elnegahy, Sondoss; Kochem, Timothy; Neiriz, Reza; Kim, Haeun; Beck, Jeanne – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the Iowa State University administration to impose face coverings and other safety regulations across the university campus. To comply with these safety measures, several changes to the English Placement Test of Oral Communication (EPT OC) had to be made. This paper discusses how the EPT OC was adapted to comply with…
Descriptors: State Universities, Placement Tests, Student Placement, Speech Communication
Ockey, Gary J. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic led to rapid innovation among language assessment developers who had to adapt their testing processes to address various restrictions from governments and institutions. This overview introduces some of the challenges and opportunities test developers grappled with during this period as well as introduces the six commentaries…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Placement Tests, Barriers
