14.1.1.2
Placement tests

These are sometimes confused with diagnostic tests and indeed they often serve both purposes. Strictly speaking, however, a placement test is designed to identify which level in a multi-level programme a student should be allocated to. Normally one would expect the test material to be related to the curriculum or syllabus of the various levels. For example, the University of Birmingham's Centre for Modern Languages has a Web-based multiple-choice placement test for its Open Access programme which enables students to find which of eight possible levels they should enrol on.

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