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Direct linkFox, Janna; Fairbairn, Shelley – Language Testing, 2011
This article reviews Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners ("ACCESS for ELLs"[R]), which is a large-scale, high-stakes, standards-based, and criterion-referenced English language proficiency test administered in the USA annually to more than 840,000 English Language Learners (ELLs), in…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Feedback (Response), Instructional Design, Testing Accommodations
Fox, Janna; Fraser, Wendy – Language Testing, 2009
The "Versant Spanish[TM] Test" applies state-of-the-art technology to language assessment in a quick and efficient tool designed for the purpose of "assessing an individual's ability to speak and understand spoken Spanish". According to the developers, the Pearson Education Group, the test is equally useful in academic as well as professional…
Descriptors: Test Reviews, Spanish, Language Tests, Oral Language
Fox, Janna – Language Testing, 2004
This study took a grounded theory approach in investigating the relationship between the criteria indigenously drawn for an English for academic purposes (EAP) test and the outcomes of test decisions over time. Test outcomes were examined across three theoretical samples: (1) an EAP teacher-identified sample of misplaced students; (2) a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, High Risk Students, Musicians, English for Academic Purposes
Peer reviewedJennings, Martha; Fox, Janna; Shohamy, Elana; Graves, Barbara – Language Testing, 1999
Investigates potential presence of a topic effect for the Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) Assessment using the mechanism of choice. Sought to determine whether test-takers given a choice of topic perform significantly differently from test-takers not given a choice. English-as-a-Second-Language university applicants were assigned one of…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Tests
