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Research outputs: LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT
2012 The argument for evaluating monolingual language tests for equivalence across language groups
The demonstration of scalar equivalence in language proficiency tests (which can be viewed as monolingual language tests) has often been dee...
Download this report2010 Towards a framework for accommodating linguistic diversity among learners in large-scale assessments: lessons learnt from the WCED Grade 8 assessment study
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Download this report2005 Learner performance in South Africa: social and economic determinants of success in language and mathematics
South Africa has done well to systematically expand its educational system and to lengthen the schooling experience of successive learner co...