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= = **1.** **Test Identity: Title, Publisher, Provider (Institutional CBA developers / providers or commercial CBA providers), Author, Subject area (generic / specific, for example only for English), Electronic address.**  **Description:** An electronic placement test for learners of English, produced in collaboration with the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (UCLES). The author of QPT is UCLES The publisher of QPT is OXFORD University Press. It is a specific electronic test, for English but it isn't available online.
 * 2.** **Test overview**
 * 3.** **What is it?**
 * 4.** **Why take it?**
 * 5.** **What does it assess / measure?**
 * 6.**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **Who should take it?**
 * 7.**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **Where can one take it?**
 * 8.**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **Who accepts it?**
 * 9.**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **Test content**
 * 10.**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **Duration**
 * 11.**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **Types of questions**
 * 12.**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **Sample activities**
 * 13.**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **Demo available**
 * 14.**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **Opinion**
 * <span style="color: rgb(8, 10, 201); background-color: rgb(173, 255, 0);">Quick Placement Test - QPT **

<span style="color: rgb(8, 10, 201); background-color: rgb(116, 255, 0);">**What is it?** The Quick Placement Test is an adaptive computer-based test of English language proficiency. The test takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete, during which the student answers 20-25 multiple-choice questions. Depending on the answers the student gives, the level of the test adapts to the ability of the student. The QPT is quick and easy to administer, and is ideal for placement testing and examination screening. A Paper and Pen version of the test is also available. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

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<span style="color: rgb(8, 10, 201); background-color: rgb(173, 255, 0);">**What does it assess / measure?** <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

<span style="color: rgb(8, 10, 201); background-color: rgb(173, 255, 0);">QPT tests students in listening, reading, vocabulary, and grammar. This adaptive test chooses progressively harder or easier multiple-choice questions until a consistent level of ability is identified. <span style="color: rgb(8, 10, 201); background-color: rgb(173, 255, 0);"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">

==<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **<span style="color: rgb(8, 10, 201); background-color: rgb(173, 255, 0);">Who should take it? **== <span style="color: rgb(8, 10, 201); background-color: rgb(173, 255, 0);">The QPT is designed to help teachers make decisions about which class to place students in, or whether a learner can join a particular course, such as an examination class. The test can be used for learners of all levels from secondary age. it is a useful tool for teachers whether they need to place a student in a class at the beginning of a course, or to assess the level of a student wishing to take an examination.

<span style="color: rgb(8, 10, 201); background-color: rgb(173, 255, 0);">Test content
<span style="color: rgb(8, 10, 201); background-color: rgb(173, 255, 0);">The QPT is secure and flexible, and can be used time after time with new students. Institutions will need to find the best way to interpret QPT scores meaningfully against their own levels systems, syllabus frameworks, class/year group organisation, teaching materials and other assessment procedures. The QPT is not designed to be used as a progress test, as it is not based on a particular course or syllabus. Not only are the instructions about how to do the test available in different languages, the instructions for the test itself are easy to follow. The introduction shows students the different types of questions they will be given and how to answer them. On-screen help is also available if they need it.The test can be administered by non-English speakers as the on-screen instructions are available in seven languages including French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Japanese in spoken form only. Minimal supervision is necessary and the assessment is automatic. The results are instant and there is no marking required. The teacher can choose whether or not to show the student his/her result.

- The student responds to a series of questions presented by the computer, which are taken from a database of questions covering a wide range of difficulty. The entry point of the test is Lower Intermediate level. The computer presents a question, assesses the response as right or wrong and selects the next question at an appropriate level of difficulty for the student's estimated ability. In this way the difficulty of the test adapts to the ability of the student. Each test is unique and tests within any level will be significantly different to any other tests at the same level. This means that students cannot learn the test.
 * Types of questions**

ALTE levels, the Common European Framework and Cambridge ESOL Exams.
 * Who accepts it?**

- It takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete the test, during which the student answers 20-25 multiple-choice items. All the questions in the test are multiple choice. There is no time limit to the test. - Extensive validation has been carried out on individual items and the test as a whole to ensure that the result is reliable. The result should not be used as an absolute indication of a student's ability but should be viewed in conjunction with other forms of assessment. Guidelines for the assessment of speaking and writing skills are included in the user manual. The password-protected supervisor mode maintains a record of all student registration information and results. The teacher can choose whether or not to allow students to see their results. The supervisor mode also allows teachers to monitor the number of tests still available on the CD-ROM.
 * Duration**

Sample activities

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It is reliable, quick, It is straightforward for students to use convenient for teachers and it's secure
 * Opinion:**

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