Doug, sorry if this is too late, but here is data from Loyola Chicago:

1. What placement test do you use?
 
--WebCape for French, German, Spanish. Interviews by professors for other
languages.

2. Is credit awarded for classes that they place out of? If so, how does that
work in your institution?
 
--No, and no fulfillment of any requirement, ever. These exams are not
comprehensive enough, in our opinion, to enable that. Not to mention that they
are given online, so there is no proctoring.

3. Are students required to take the exam in-person even though the exam is
online? If not, how have you addressed the potential for academic dishonesty?
The placement exam is for placement only. To meet our language requirement,
students must either take a class at a certain level and pass it with a C- or
better, OR take a proficiency exam, administered on campus and proctored. For
French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese we use the STAMP exam, developed
at the Univ. of Oregon. For other languages, we use exams with guidelines
developed by us, but written and graded by outside evaluators, who are paid for
that. So far, all is working well.

David Pankratz
Loyola University Chicago


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