The phrase "according to proficiency" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing levels of skill or competence in a particular area, often in educational or professional contexts.
Example: "The students were grouped according to proficiency in the subject to ensure effective learning."
Alternatives: "based on skill level" or "in accordance with competence".
Bards were also graded according to proficiency.
Ms. Wright and faculty divide the students into seven groups, according to proficiency.
Five miles will be marked according to proficiency, so beginners can practice on some trails and progress to others.
RQ2: To what extent does test performance vary according to proficiency of L2 Chinese? (Assumption 2).
In *Read (1993), ESL learners' verbal report indicated that when they encountered an unknown stimulus word, their strategies appeared to vary according to proficiency level.
Stratified sampling was used to select participants according to proficiency level, to include learners with varying degrees of proficiency (Mean = 56.46, SD = 17.87, and score range = 18 95 in the TOEFL iBT; see descriptive statistics in Table 5).
Table 3 Categorization of respondents according to language proficiency English proficiency Native Advanced Intermediate Basic None Japanese proficiency Native "Jpn + Eng" F 198 Jpn6 F 42 J:135 "Jpn" F:42 J:236 Advanced Intermediate F 152 F:57 J:1 F:30 J:1 Basic "Eng" F 215 F:56 F:9 J:1 None Open image in new window Fig. 2 Relationship between language groups based on language proficiency.
Stimulated recall was used to explore whether this impact differed according to the proficiency level of the students, and revealed that for both high and low proficiency learners' strategy use developed as a result of the instruction.
Another is the discrimination index that indicates how well each question item is able to discriminate the test takers according to their proficiency.
Results indicate that the size of differences between males and females in learning achievement varies according to the proficiency level, i.e. between low and high achievers.
In mathematics, effect sizes were smaller than in reading, but again, the size of the effect varies according to the proficiency level of the students.
