December 2017
       A Standard Setting Study  
       to Establish Concordance between  
       the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE A)  
       and the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB)
       Summary
       Written by  
       Glyn Jones, Dr. John HAL de Jong,  
       Dr. Ying Zheng and David Booth
       Reviewed by  
       Andrea Strachan
                           A Standard Setting Study to Establish Concordance between the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE A)  
         2                                      and the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) – Summary
                Aim
                The aim of the study was to establish a table demonstrating the degree of concordance between PTE Academic 
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                Panel
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                 Table 1: Characteristics of the panel
                 Panel Characteristic           Category                                                 %      (N)*
                 Gender                         Female                                                         
                                                Male                                                     9       
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                                                Director                                                       
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