On-line placement testing

[Chapman, Annelie]

Dear Laura,
At UCLA, we are using a combination of Test Pilot and Wimba's Oral Assessment Builder for online testing, including for language placement (though, not yet for Russian placement). I can ask if the instructor (Italian, in this case) would be willing to share her answers to your questions about the quality/accuracy of the placements, etc. Wimba's Oral Assessment Builder handles oral stimulus/response really well; Test Pilot can provide a verbal stimulus, but doesn't yet allow for oral response (at least not since I last checked in Fall). Cheating has not been a concern -- we set up generic testtaker accounts (numbered) and have students take the test in a proctored computer lab. To gain access to the test, they must show a UCLA ID with a photo, and are then assigned to one of the numbered test-taker accounts.

Let me know offlist if you want more input.
Annelie

Annelie Chapman, Ph.D.
Instructional Technology Coordinator
UCLA Ctr for Digital Humanities


-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list on behalf of Laura Goering
Sent: Thu 1/19/2006 2:10 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] On-line placement testing
 
The powers that be at my institution are pushing for summer on-line 
Russian placement testing for incoming freshmen. I would be interested 
in hearing (off-list) from colleagues who already have on-line testing 
in place. What instrument do you use? Are you concerned about cheating? 
Are you satisfied with how students are being placed? How have you 
handled handwriting and oral proficiency? I hope to be well armed when I 
go in to meet with the dean about this.

Many thanks,

Laura Goering

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Carleton College
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