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This test was developed specifically for students who are earning an associate degree in business at community colleges or 2-year business programs. ETS has developed the Major Field Tests for Associate Degree Business Programs in partnership with the Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs (ACBSP), which has endorsed using the test to collect Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) metrics. Test Description (PDF)
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This test contains 120 multiple-choice questions designed to measure a student's subject knowledge and the ability to apply facts, concepts, theories and analytical methods. Some questions are grouped in sets and based on diagrams, charts and data tables. The questions represent a wide range of difficulty and cover depth and breadth in assessing students' achievement levels. Test Description (PDF)
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As the only comprehensive national assessment for program evaluation of its kind, this test consists of 124 multiple-choice questions, half of which are based on short case-study scenarios. Questions employ materials such as diagrams, graphs and statistical data. Mathematical operations do not require a calculator. Most of the questions require knowledge of specific information drawn from marketing, management, finance and managerial accounting, or a combination of these. Test Description (PDF)
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This test consists of 150 multiple-choice questions on poetry, prose and drama. Some questions are based on short works printed in their entirety, while other questions focus on excerpts from longer works. Poetry selections include lyric verse, epic narrative and dramatic monologue. Prose selections draw on biography, the essay, the short story, the novel and literary criticism. The test covers British and American works of all periods. It also contains a few questions on works, including the Bible, translated from foreign languages. Throughout the test, the emphasis is on major authors, works, genres and movements. Test Description (PDF)
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This test consists of 150 multiple-choice questions, some of which are grouped in sets and based on such materials as diagrams, graphs and statistical data. Most of the questions require knowledge of specific information about the criminal justice system. The test also draws on the student's critical thinking ability to interpret data, to apply concepts and ideas, and to analyze data, theories and relationships, deductively and inductively.
This test consists of 90 multiple-choice questions, some of which are grouped in sets and based on materials such as diagrams, expository paragraphs, sets of equations and tables of data.
This test consists of 120 multiple-choice questions, some of which are grouped in sets and based on such materials as theory passages, statistical tables, matrices and sets of ungrouped data.
This test consists of 140 multiple-choice questions, some of which are grouped in sets and based on materials such as a description of an experiment or graphs of psychological functions.
This test consists of 140 multiple-choice questions, some of which are grouped in sets and based on such materials as diagrams, graphs and statistical data. Most of the questions require knowledge of specific sociological information, but the test also draws on the student's ability to interpret data, to apply concepts and ideas, and to analyze sociological data, theories and relationships, deductively and inductively.