--- Forwarded Message from "J.LUND ~INCIPIT NOVA VITA~" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:57:12 -0500 (EST) >From: "J.LUND ~INCIPIT NOVA VITA~" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #4868.1 computer based language proficiency tests >To: [log in to unmask] ------------------ Wheaton College is currently developing a web-based Spanish placement test, designed to be taken over the www. It doesn't fulfill my definition of "adaptive" but it is arguably "interactive" in its presentation of the questions. The main motivation behind its development is to decrease the number of first year students needing to adjust their schedules because they registered for the wrong level of Spanish. Incoming students will be able to take the placement test from their homes or high schools during the summer. We're developing the test using Test Pilot, a Filemaker Pro application from Purdue. (http://www.clearcutsoft.com/TestPilot/index.html) It's being developed with a Mellon grant, under the auspices of Project 2001, and Wheaton is very open to sharing this work. (A school would need to purchase a Test Pilot license to use the test for their own students.) Jenni Lund Mellon Instructional Technology Wellesley & Wheaton Colleges [log in to unmask] 781-283-3506