An Overview of COVID-19's Impact on English Language University Admissions and Placement Tests

Autor/in	Ockey, Gary J.
Titel	An Overview of COVID-19's Impact on English Language University Admissions and Placement Tests
Quelle	In: Language Assessment Quarterly, 18 (2021) 1, S.1-5 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1543-4303
DOI	10.1080/15434303.2020.1866576
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Placement Tests; Barriers; Higher Education; Test Construction; Language Tests; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Synchronous Communication; Oral Language; Asynchronous Communication; Testing; Second Language Learning; Iowa; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Testaufbau; Language test; Sprachtest; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Testdurchführung; Testen; Zweitsprachenerwerb
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic led to rapid innovation among language assessment developers who had to adapt their testing processes to address various restrictions from governments and institutions. This overview introduces some of the challenges and opportunities test developers grappled with during this period as well as introduces the six commentaries provided in the special issue. These commentaries were written by testing teams in various higher education contexts who were tasked with modifying their assessments in the rapidly evolving situation associated with the pandemic. The assessment contexts described in this special issue range from relatively small-scale local placement to international large-scale. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01