Administering the Test

The SLPT is intended to be administered twice during a student’s college studies: once at the beginning and once before the diploma is awarded. The head of a subscribing college may decide to use it differently: the test can be used as a placement test under certain conditions or as a test within a language course. However, since students do not progress rapidly to a higher level of proficiency, it is recommended that students not take the test numerous times during their studies.

The subscription manager can create groups and define the testing schedule from the management module. The manager has access to both the overall results and detailed data and can decide whether or not to display the respondent’s results on screen at the end of the test.

The test can be taken online from home, in class or in a lab. Students can access the test using an ID and a password sent by the test manager. The monitoring of tests administered in class or in a lab is facilitated by the fact that the test progression (the type and order of items) varies with the respondent. Similarly, the correct answer is not always in the same order in the list of answer choices.