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The Achieve Expert-Master Placement Test booklet provides guidelines for administering a multiple-choice test designed to place new students in appropriate levels of the Achieve Expert-Master program. It includes instructions for preparing students, administering the test, and scoring their results to determine their placement level. The document also contains photocopiable answer sheets, placement tests, and answer keys.

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Placement Test Orientation 5c5b2e91cd94a

The Achieve Expert-Master Placement Test booklet provides guidelines for administering a multiple-choice test designed to place new students in appropriate levels of the Achieve Expert-Master program. It includes instructions for preparing students, administering the test, and scoring their results to determine their placement level. The document also contains photocopiable answer sheets, placement tests, and answer keys.

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ACHIEVE

TABLE OF CONTENTS Expert-Master

This Achieve Expert-Master Placement Test booklet contains the following:

Introduction to the Placement Test


• e Placement Test
• Administering the Test
• Guidelines on Scoring and Placement

Photocopiable Answer Sheets and Placement Tests


• Placement Test A
• Placement Test B

Answer Keys
• Answer Key A
• Answer Key B
ACHIEVE

INTRODUCTION Expert-Master
THE PLACEMENT TEST 5. Distribute the Placement Tests. Be sure to hand out
students. Tell
The Achieve Expert-Master Placement Test is designed the students to write their names and the date in the
to help teachers place new students into the appropriate spaces at the top of the Answer Sheet.
level of Achieve Expert-Master. Students will have
45 minutes to complete the test. 6. Have students remove the Answer Sheet from the rest
of the Placement Test.

multiple-choice Placement Test. We suggest handing Preparing the Students

students in order to discourage test takers from sharing 7. Explain to the students that they should mark the
answers. Answer Sheet only.

8. Show students that there are four sections in the test—


• Grammar Grammar, Everyday English, Vocabulary, and Reading.
• Everyday English 9. Have students look at the sample question on the
• Vocabulary
• Reading
Answer Sheet that corresponds to the letter of their
answer.
ADMINISTERING THE TEST
10. Point out that there is only one answer per question.
Instructions on how to take the Placement Test should be
11. Remind students that the purpose of this test is
given in the students’ native language, if possible.

Before You Begin not be “graded.” It is OK if they do not understand


everything on the test or are not able to answer all the
1. Make photocopies of Placement Tests A and B, questions.
including the Answer Sheets. Make enough copies
so that one half of the students will have Test A and
section. It is better for them to work quickly until the
the other half Test B.

2. Staple the pages together with the appropriate Answer next section.
Sheet on top.

3. Be sure you have enough sharpened pencils and 13. Tell students that they have 45 minutes to complete
erasers for all students. the test. Make sure they know that they must turn
Seating the Students

4. Seat the students and make sure that they all have
pencils and erasers. the students begin working.

Introduction
ACHIEVE

INTRODUCTION Expert-Master
During the Test 3. Combine the two scores to nd the student’s Total
Score. Use the Total Score chart below to determine
15. Check to see that students are using the Answer Sheet
which level of Achieve Expert-Master is best for the
correctly. student. Circle the appropriate level on the student’s
16. Be prepared to answer questions from the students Answer Sheet.
about the instructions or sample questions. However, TOTAL SCORE
do not help students with questions about grammar, Below 10 points Expert A1
vocabulary, or the answer choices. 11–30 points Expert A2
31–50 points Expert B1
After the Test 51–70 points Expert B1+
71–77 points Expert B2
17. After 45 minutes, collect the Placement Tests and Above 78 points Expert C1
Answer Sheets. Be sure you collect one Answer
Sheet and one Placement Test from each student.

GUIDELINES ON SCORING AND PLACEMENT

1. Count the number of correct answers from the


first three sections of the test—Grammar, Everyday
English, and Vocabulary. Record this number on the
student’s Answer Sheet.

2. Count the number of correct answers in the Reading


section of the test. Use the Reading Score chart
below to find the adjusted score. Add this number to
the student’s Answer Sheet.

READING SCORE
0–2 correct -8 points
3–5 correct -5 points
6–7 correct -2 points
8–10 correct +2 points
11–12 correct +5 points
13–15 correct +8 points

Introduction

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