A new approach to standard-setting in language assessment

Tom Lumley; B K Lynch; T F McNamara

A new approach to standard-setting in language assessment

Tom Lumley, B K Lynch, T F McNamara

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

In this paper the authors consider a standard setting exercise involving the Occupational English Test, a specific purpose test of English as a second language for health professionals. The Australian test is used as part of the screening of immigrant and refugee health professionals prior to the resumption of their professional careers in their new country of residence.

Original language	English
Journal	Melbourne Papers in Language Testing
Volume	3
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 1994

Keywords

Adults
Language tests
Migrants
Research
Standards
Vocational English
Vocational education

Disciplines

Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Access to Document

http://www.ltrc.unimelb.edu.au/mplt/volumes/03_02%20November1994.pdf

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