The concerns centre on a section of the English test, where pupils are asked to produce a piece of creative writing - an area which has attracted complaints in recent years.
Earlier this week, the Bush administration moved to defuse some of the criticism by relaxing test requirements for students with limited knowledge of English.
Some sort of proportionality test seems likely, whereby English courts can assert jurisdiction only if a significant share of sales (10% is one figure being bandied about) are in England.
And 28% of test takers reported that English wasn't exclusively their first language, up from 24% in 2008.
Some colleges reportedly plan to end a English test that has been part of their entrance process, a move that would seemingly reduce demand for English-language study.
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In terms of college readiness, 28% of those who took the test did not meet any of the four ACT readiness benchmarks in English, math, reading and science.
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The concept of a combined touring Lions side began in 1891 when a group of English and Scottish players took part in a three-Test series against South Africa under the auspices of the Rugby Football Union.
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Has there ever been a case of an English batsman making his Test debut, collecting two ducks and keeping his place for the next match?
The current IPL season clashed with the start of the English domestic season and the Test series with New Zealand.
Figures published in November on appeals against last year's Sats results showed there were requests for "reviews" of 23, 438 test scripts - mostly for English.
Their parents likely had no inkling that their future female offspring would be sitting at a computer taking an English-language standardized test in hopes of embarking on a career in business.
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Massachusetts officials postponed the English composition section of its standardized state test until Monday, to keep all schools on the same test date.
The association also criticises the Department for Education and Skills' eligibility test for Nagty membership as being among the top 5% of performers in national maths and English exams.
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Facebook launched a test version of its search feature in January and it is currently limited to select users who have set English (US) as their language.
Andriy Yarmolenko and Artem Milevskiy both failed to test English goalkeeper Joe Hart when well-placed, a failing that would become a feature of Ukraine's play in the match.
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In a standardised test the informal private schools actually came out best, with an average mark of 59.5% in English, compared with 22.4% in the government schools.
The top 10% of English secondary pupils also drop behind those in Australia, Scotland Slovenia and Norway, analysis of international test scores indicates.
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