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Validating AP Modern Foreign Language Examinations Through College Comparability Studies
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Bischof, Deborah Lokai; Baum, David I.; Casabianca, Jodi M.; Morgan, Rick; Rabiteau, Kathleen A.; Tateneni, Krishna – Foreign Language Annals, 2004
In 2002, nearly 100,000 high school students took one of the Advanced Placement Program? (AP?)language examinations in French, German, or Spanish. One way in which the validity of these exams is ensured is through periodic college comparability studies. The purpose of such studies is to equate the AP scores with performance standards in the third…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Advanced Placement, High School Students
Comparing the Performance of High School and College Students on the Advanced Placement French Language Examination.
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Wimmers, Eric; Morgan, Rick – French Review, 1990
A comparison of the French language proficiency of high school students taking the Advanced Placement (AP) Examination for French against college students in their sixth semester of French study found that the college students did slightly less well than the high school students. AP grading standards were more stringent than those used by college…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, French
A Comparison of the Structural Relationships among Reading, Listening, Writing, and Speaking Components of the AP French Language Examination for AP Candidates and College Students.
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Morgan, Rick; Mazzeo, John – 1988
The dimensional structure of the 1987 Advanced Placement (AP) French language examination was tested in four populations using a series of confirmatory linear factor analysis models. To mitigate problems with the linear factor analysis of multiple choice items, the linear factor analysis of item parcel scores, made of small mutually exclusive…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Error of Measurement