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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 07:14:00 PST
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- From: Lyle F Bachman <IYG9LFB@UCLAMVS.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: BYU F-CAPE/G-CAPE/S-CAPE Placement Tests
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- You might want to contact Jim Lee at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
- Champaign. He's on SLART-L, I believe, so he may respond directly. He and
- several colleagues there have developed a placement test battery for
- foreign languages that may fit your needs. I'm also forwarding your request
- to the language testing list, LTEST-L. Regards. Lyle
-
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- > I need some input from colleagues using the slart-l list. Is anyone
- > currently using the BYU F-CAPE/G-CAPE/S-CAPE computerized placement
- > tests? I have been askedto test all incoming Freshman next summer (about
- > 700) and while perhaps not the best measure of language ability (there
- > is no aural/oral component) I have been asked to use the BYU tests (it
- > is self-correcting and tests reading, grammar, and vocabulary). The BYU
- > test comes with no ability coefficients. We are testing all first,
- > second third and fourth semester language students so that we can arrive
- > at these numbers. We are also talking to William and Mary as they are
- > doing the same thing. If anyone on this list has some information that
- > they could give us, I would be very grateful. While programs do differ,
- > it would be at the very least interesting to see what is going on out
- > there. Thanks in advance.
- > Frank Moore CMS300 at LWCVM1.LWC.EDU
- > Modern Languages
- > Longwood
- > College
- > Farmville, VA 23909
- > (804) 395-2180
-