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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
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Weatherby, Chester; Kotsopoulos, Donna; Woolford, Douglas; Khattak, Laaraib – Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2018
In response to international standardized testing, many countries are examining mathematics education at virtually every level of instruction. Canada is no exception. Declines in mathematics scores in some international standardized tests have raised concerns amongst some stakeholders that a crisis may be unfolding with respect to the readiness of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction