Level

Beginning to advanced-intermediate proficiency

About

The EPT is used to group students into homogeneous ability levels as they enter an intensive English course. Alternate forms of the EPT can be used for pretesting and post-testing. The EPT is designed for optimal discrimination at the intermediate proficiency level.

• Raw scores cannot be converted to the scale used on the MTELP or on the MELICET-GCVR
• EPT cut scores formerly used for our six-level intensive ESL program are available to test purchasers, but the cut scores may need to be revised to fit other English instructional programs

Format

• 100-item multiple-choice exam
• Time: 65 minutes
• 3 forms available: A, B, C
• Scoring is by punched stencil (purchasers may use their own scannable answer sheets)

Content

The exam questions on the EPT test the following:

• listening comprehension of short utterances (audio recording is available)
• grammar in conversational contexts
• selection of high-frequency vocabulary to fit the context of single sentences
• reading comprehension of sentences

Order

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