Now, I accept that students need a basic proficiency in a broad range of topics.
This begs the question of whether collaboration and task completion should be assessed in the broader scope of second language proficiency, particularly as part of speaking ability (see Ducasse & Brown, 2009).
But we had no idea they could apply that proficiency to such a broad range of styles.
We address this issue by categorizing the teachers into four broad classes based on their computer proficiency and providing them with customized authoring experience.
Those who are accepted exhibit a high level of understanding and proficiency in their field, a broad humanistic background, and the potential to excel in the film arts.
Most respondents did not pinpoint the English proficiency required but gave a broad range from basic to advanced, with the specific requirements depending on the demands of the position.
At the same time, there are substantial differences across countries in average proficiency levels at the same broad level of educational attainment (Maehler et al. 2013; OECD 2013a; OECD and Statistics Canada 2005).
The Common Reference Levels describes proficiency in terms of three broad levels of basic user (A1 = Breakthrough; A2 = Waystage), independent user (B1 = Threshold; B2 = Vantage), and proficient user (C1 = Effective Operational Proficiency; C2 = Mastery) and in scales of illustrative descriptors across five qualitative categories: Range, Accuracy, Fluency, Interaction and Coherence (North 2014).
Participants had immigrated to Australia between 1 and 38 years ago, had no to high standards of English proficiency and were from a broad range of educational backgrounds.
The drop in science proficiency appeared to reflect a broader trend in which some academic gains made in elementary grades and middle school have been seen to fade during the high school years.
Depending on their purposes, these assessments fall into three broad categories: admission test, program exit test and proficiency test.
