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ETS@ Major Field Test for Bachelor's Degree in Business Now Available
Worldwide
PRINCETON, N.J., March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --As
undergraduate business programs and campuses continue to expand around
the world, ETS has introduced a new way that this international
community can measure student learning outcomes and meet accreditation
and accountability requirements. The ETS@ Major Field Test for the
Bachelor's Degree in Business, formerly available only in the United
States, is now available globally.
The Major Field Test for Business is a widely used assessment that has
been measuring graduating business students' mastery of business
principles, concepts and knowledge in the United States for nearly 25
years. The assessment provides highly reliable scores and comparative
data on business-specific titles from nearly 1,000 U.S. programs and
hundreds of thousands of students.
"The benefit for institutions that are establishing programs and
campuses around the globe is that they will be able to benchmark
performance against established programs within the United States and
have all programs share a common measure," says David Payne, ETS Vice
President and COO of Global Education.
The multiple-choice exam consists of 120 questions that are designed
to measure a student's subjective knowledge and ability to apply
facts, concepts, theories and analytical methods. The questions
represent a wide range of difficulty and assess student achievement
levels in nine different content areas.
The questions are strongly aligned to well-accepted and established
theories and frameworks, thereby allowing effective cross-program
comparison. The Major Field Test for Business also allows schools to
add up to 50 additional, locally authored questions to the test. This
feature provides the ability to customize the assessment so that the
institution can measure elements tailored to the nuances or interests
of their unique program, in addition to the core concepts that
business students everywhere should know.
"Our goal is to help business students and institutions provide
evidence of learning," says Payne, "regardless of where they are
located."
Non-U.S. institutions are able to administer the Major Field Test for
Business at proctored, on-campus locations.
For more information about the ETS Major Field Test for the Bachelor's
Degree in Business, visit
http://www.ets.org/mft/about/content/bachelor\_business. You can watch
the ETS Major Field Tests flash tour at
http://www.ets.org/s/mft/2013\_mft-tour-v2/mft\_demo.html.
About ETS At ETS, we advance quality and equity in education for
people worldwide by creating assessments based on rigorous research.
ETS serves individuals, educational institutions and government
agencies by providing customized solutions for teacher certification,
English language learning, and elementary, secondary and
post-secondary education, as well as conducting education research,
analysis and policy studies. Founded as a nonprofit in 1947, ETS
develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually -
including the TOEFL@ and TOEIC@ tests, the GRE@ tests and The Praxis
SeriesT assessments - in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000
locations worldwide. www.ets.org
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