WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040088-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 88
• Publication Date: July 2, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Acting Chief, Language and Area School DATE: 2 July 1959
FROM : Deputy Chief, Plans, Research and Administration
suBJECT: Weekly Activities Report
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
None to report.
B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
1. On 24 conferred with Prof. John Carroll of Harvard
on the progress of the testing program. Topics discussed included
analysis of the test results, the revision of the grading scale,
possible changes in Part I. and experimental use of a modified test
procedure for people with relatively low proficiency.
2. On 25 June met with (Manage-
ment Staff) to discuss proposed changes in the form filled out by
people taking language tests.
3. Seventy-two people reported for written proficiency tests last
week in Bulgarian, Chinese, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian,
Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Sebrian and Spanish.
4. Forty-seven Certifications, for Language Award certificates were
sent to the Registrar last week.
5. As of June 30th, 3612 test have been given in the language develop-
ment program. Roughly half of these have been comprehensive, that is both
written and oral.
25 YEAR
RE-REVIE Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/12/18: CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040088-9