The present study was an attempt to investigate the washback effect of the TEFL MA University Entrance Exam on the teaching and learning behaviors of students and professors. The TEFL MA UEE consists of three sub-components that deal with particular aspects of applied linguistics; each of these parts measures the participants’ knowledge in linguistics, language testing, and teaching methodology...

In the Swiss education system cantons oversee educational matters, practically meaning there are 26 different school systems. This is also reflected in graduation exam, which organized locally every high school. Based on this assessment and their preference, students admitted to university without any additional entrance exam. motivated us create an online self-assessment. Its two mathematical ...

Today, in order for a student to enter university, he/she must go through many admission stages. The exam hollowed out the education and expelled non-cognitive human values that were not measured by exam. Exams completely swallowed students' 6-18 age period caused disaster system, contrary their purpose of existence. It has already been observed standardized exams do predict university success....

A burgeoning literature has documented the importance of elite colleges. Yet, little is known about access to education and its labor market implications in China, a country that produces one every five college graduates world. College admission China governed by single exam—the national entrance exam, government sets cutoff scores for We examine impacts scoring above elite-tier on student's co...

this study examined the substantive and predictive validity facets of the university entrance examination for english major (ueeem) students. to that aim, 111 english major students were recruited to report their scores on each of the subtests of the test as well as their grade point average. sequential multiple regressions and factor analysis were used in the analysis of the data. results ackn...