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      Language tests ... to keep people out?

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      Submitted by EricAtkinson on 8 July, 2011 - 23:56

      One area where more and more language tests are being introduced is in the assessment of the language abilities of migrants.

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      ALTE Conference Blog

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      Submitted by EricAtkinson on 10 June, 2011 - 10:01

      Hello,

      Testing! Enough to send shivers down your spine. I've got a test tomorrow. Groan. I'll have to spend all night revising. Double groan.

      Most people don't like tests.

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      Why do we give grades to kids?

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      Submitted by DaveDodgson on 1 February, 2011 - 20:00

      As you will know, the first semester of the Turkish academic year finished last week and schools are now on holiday.

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      EL evaluation in basic education In Tunisia (Part I)

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      Submitted by Ridha Abdellaoui on 21 October, 2010 - 16:27

      Maher Siala, an ELT Inspector in Sfax (Tunisia) distributed some informative sheets of paper (6 pages) this morning among his trainees in an In-Service Training Session dealing with testing English in Tunisian schools that all EL teachers have to respect while preparing their testing sheets.

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      Report of the Expert Group on Assessment

      Submitted by nikeditor on 25 May, 2009 - 09:26
      The report considers a range of written and oral evidence from both individuals and organisations. This includes evidence from experienced practitioners as well as from those who are primarily concerned with the theoretical aspects of assessment. Read more
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      Testing Speaking

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      Submitted by badri on 27 March, 2009 - 20:12

      Dear colleagues,

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      Tests blamed for blighting children's lives

      Submitted by nikeditor on 2 March, 2009 - 10:45
      Children's lives are being impoverished by the government's insistence that schools focus on literacy and numeracy at the expense of creative teaching, the biggest review of the primary school curriculum in 40 years finds today. Read more
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      The Case Against Pre-Testing For Online Courses

      Submitted by nikeditor on 1 December, 2008 - 10:37
      Too often, online courses begin with pre-tests. Are pre-tests anything more than learner abuse? Under the best of circumstances, quizzes can be tedious and even anxiety-inducing. Putting tests before your content casts a negative shadow over a course before it has even begun. Let's examine the two major arguments for pre-tests and see how they hold up under scrutiny. Read more
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