The usefulness and ethical status of language entrance/placement testing at a post-secondary institution

Often language entrance and placement testing at post-secondary institutions is used as a gatekeeping mechanism--sorting people in and out, keeping out those who don’t exactly fit their desired profile. This is troubling in a country as multicultural as Canada since testing language can be seen as t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Golder, Katherine Jane
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/17838