Proficiency in reading, writing, speech understanding, and comprehension was estimated on a 10-point scale from 1 (very low proficiency) to 10 (very high proficiency).
Although some had learned other languages (N = 9), none rated themselves as very proficient in any foreign language (overall self-rated proficiency in other languages = 2.3).
Almost a quarter demonstrated very low proficiency in science, and 28% scored below the minimum level in math.
Such a system has to deal with speakers that have a very low proficiency of the foreign language, thus speech recognition error rates are very high.
Overall, 65% self-reported very good proficiency in use of computers, which was helpful for a fuller understanding of this course.
Compared to an earlier study on molecular testing for filoviruses, Lassa virus, and orthopoxviruses, using very similar proficiency criteria (15 ), almost double the portion of participating laboratories completed the study successfully (88% vs. 45.8%).
I say theoretically not because I personally doubt it, but because there isn't a lot of literature on this; pronunciation is a tricky thing to measure compared with vocabulary or written proficiency — very subjective.
Those who were ineligible because they lacked a high school diploma were likely to be older, living in poverty and have very low English proficiency.
Light painting and GIFs might be two of our most beloved "low-brow" forms of tech-art, because despite their impressive results, they usually require very little technical proficiency and are fairly easy to make.
The failure to recognise this led to gaming the system by setting very low standards for proficiency, by incorporating statistical sleight of hand into reported performance results, by not truly counting the performance of all students, and to outright cheating.
