Versant English Placement Test
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The Versant™ English Placement Test is an English proficiency test which measures the English speaking and writing skills of individuals whose native language is not English. Universities, private language schools, and corporate training programs around the world use the test to evaluate the ability of students and staff to understand and communicate clearly in English.
The Versant English Placement Test takes only 50 minutes and results are available online within minutes after the test is completed, allowing for quick, yet accurate placement decisions. Test questions reflect many different situations in the classroom and real-world including reading aloud, conversations, dictations, summarizations, and email correspondence. Versant English Placement Tests can be taken on a computer either in online (web browser) or offline (computer software) mode.
About the test:
- Questions: 81
- Duration: ~50 minutes
- Question Types:
- Read Aloud
- Repeat
- Sentence Builds
- Conversations
- Typing
- Sentence Completion
- Dictation
- Passage Reconstruction
Score report:
Precise score in the range of 10 to 90.
- Overall score.
- Diagnostic sub-scores in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
- Detailed explanation of language capabilities.
- Suggestions for improvement.
- Typing speed and improvement.
- Score mapping to CEFR.
Test Security
- Secure capture and storage of candidate responses.
- Anonymous test ID numbers to ensure data privacy.
- Randomized test forms per test level to prevent cheating.
Simple Test Administration – 1, 2, 3, 4
- The test administrator sends the test taker a test invite via the online admin tool, ScoreKeeper.
- The test taker enters their unique test ID on the secure Versant testing site to start the test.
- The test taker answers the test questions, and the answers are scored automatically.
- The test administrator retrieves the test taker’s detailed score report from ScoreKeeper.
