--- Forwarded Message from Dennie Hoopingarner <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: Dennie Hoopingarner <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Placement Test response >Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:54:36 -0400 At Michigan State, we use a placement test that was developed in-house. Students do not receive credit for the test, but they can use their score to waive certain language requirements for certain programs, at the discretion of the program faculty. Academic honesty is not a concern with this test. Since the placement test is intended to be used for placement, students would be foolish to cheat and place themselves into a section beyond their proficiency level. In fact, I'm sure many will agree that we often have the opposite problem: students deliberately doing poorly on the exam in order to place themselves in a lower level. On a side note, we did add a proctoring function for those occasions where students use the test for other purposes. The test is administered in our Testing Office, and proctors enter a code that marks the test administration as proctored. Hope this helps! Dennie Hoopingarner, Ph.D. Director, Language Learning Center Associate Director for Technology Implementation, CLEAR Michigan State University http://llc.msu.edu *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************