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Universities urged to improve English language skills for students
HANOI, VIETNAM–Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education and Training Banh Tien Long has asked universities to help students improve their English so that they can use it confidently and comp… more →
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Dynamic Assessment of narratives with Grade 3 children in a First Nations community
Callier Library wrote 3 weeks ago: Diagnostic accuracy of the Dynamic Assessment and Intervention tool (DAI; Miller, Gillam & Peña, … more →
The Utility of School-Age Narrative Microstructure Indices: INMIS and the Proportion of Restricted Utterances
Callier Library wrote 1 month ago: Purpose: This research investigated the applicability of the index of narrative microstructure (INMI … more →
Grading and Evaluation - Workshop Material
Willy C Cardoso wrote 3 months ago: Once again, I thank everyone who attended my talk, especially because the weather was awful and I k … more →
How to Obtain the Validity and Reliability of an Essay Test?
efidrew wrote 3 months ago: To obtain the validity and reliability of the essay test I am constructing, I have to see it first … more →
Steps in Constructing My Language Test
efidrew wrote 3 months ago: I’d like to share some steps in constructing a language test. Those are based on my experience … more →
Noun Phrase Elaboration in Children's Spoken Stories.
Callier Library wrote 7 months ago: Conclusion: There are important developmental changes in noun phrase elaboration in the elementary s … more →
Short form of the Bilingual Aphasia Test in Russian: Psychometric data of persons with aphasia *
Callier Library wrote 7 months ago: Conclusions: The study provides preliminary data on the psychometric properties of an aphasia test i … more →
The content of children's definitions: The oral-written distinction
Callier Library wrote 8 months ago: The extant literature on oral and written language has shown several interesting differences in term … more →
Defining Failure in Language Testing
englishwithjennifer wrote 9 months ago: What do you feel when you grade tests? Do you cheer for the student who finally remembered the diffe … more →
On the Use of Foils
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Paul wrote 11 months ago: In teaching and assessment a foil is simply an incorrect alternative. Any time a choice is given th … more →
Universities urged to improve English language skills for students
John Brezinsky wrote 11 months ago: HANOI, VIETNAM–Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education and Training Banh Tien Long has as … more →
Oregon Suspends Use of Aprenda--a Spanish-Language Test
John Brezinsky wrote 11 months ago: LEARNING THE LANGAUGE–Oregon has become the latest state to stop using an alternative test for … more →
Return From Chicago
Paul wrote 1 year ago: I’m finally back from this year’s ASHA convention for Speech and Language Pathologists. … more →
City, county schools surpass state English language learner targets
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: GAINESVILLE, GA–Hall County and Gainesville schools passed all three annual measurable achieve … more →
AUSD receives overview of testing for English language learners
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: ATASCADERO, CA–The Atascadero Unified School District Board of Trustees received an overview f … more →
Foreign students to take PU’s own language test
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: CHANDIGARH, INDIA–Indian students applying to foreign universities are usually made to take En … more →
Florida can't afford to cut ESOL training
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: MIAMI, FL–Learning a foreign language can be daunting. In Florida, there are almost a quarter- … more →
D65 subgroups fail to meet federal mandates
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John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: EVANSTON, IL–Administrators at Evanston/Skokie School District 65 have filed an appeal after f … more →
Student body makeup affects skills
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John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: DES MOINES, IA–Increased numbers of poor and immigrant students in Des Moines public schools a … more →
