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Peer reviewedPerkins, Kyle; And Others – Language Testing, 1996
Tests the hypothesis that there is no monotonic relationship between increasing competence in different linguistic domains and growth in second-language proficiency. The article concludes with an introduction to some assessment models that can accommodate discontinuous growth patterns. These models can describe and model a student's qualitative…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, English (Second Language), Hypothesis Testing, Language Proficiency
