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ERIC Number: EJ226698
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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An Evaluation of Alternative Measures for Assessing Language Proficiency Skills of Junior Level Students in a School of Communications and Professional Studies.
Michael, William B.; Shaffer, Phyllis
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v39 n4 p879-89 Win 1979
For a sample of more than 900 college students and subsamples of at least 50 students in each of nine departments, concurrent validity coefficients were determined between scores on several examinations reflecting competencies in standard written English and an external criterion measure of cumulative college grade point average. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Diagnostic Tests, Essay Tests, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Language Tests, Scores, Test Validity, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Diagnostic Test in Written English; Test of Standard Written English