CELPIP Information

Please enter some test below... Paragon Testing Enterprises is a private subsidiary of The University of British Columbia (UBC) that was incorporated in 2009 to commercialize the Universitys English language proficiency tests. Paragon develops, delivers, and licenses in partnership with other organizations English proficiency tests, including: the Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP) Test , the Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) Test , and the Language Proficiency Index (LPI) Test . It also develops, delivers, and licenses in partnership with other organizations online and print self-study materials, test preparation programs, and test delivery and registration software. Paragons mission is to make its English language proficiency tests the tests of choice for those wishing to immigrate to Canada, become Canadian citizens, or study in Canada at all levels. To achieve this mission, Paragon conducts ongoing test research in collaboration with internationally recognized scholars at Canadas leading universities. This test research program ensures the highest quality tests, and enables Paragon to compete with large international testing agencies. Paragon continues to invest substantial resources into maintaining and improving the reliability, accuracy, and validity of its CELPIP, CAEL, and LPI Tests in order to meet or exceed industry standards in the English proficiency testing environment. These investments involve not only developing the best possible test content, but also continuing to improve and monitor the consistency with which test taker responses are evaluated. Unlike its principal competitors, Paragon has also invested very significant resources into developing the best possible electronic platforms and procedures to register test takers, deliver test content, capture test taker responses, and distribute these responses to raters and receive them back for aggregation into final scores. Such platforms and procedures also allow Paragon to exceed industry standards to ...