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Direct linkRafatbakhsh, Elaheh; Ahmadi, Alireza – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2023
Estimating the difficulty of reading tests is critical in second language education and assessment. This study was aimed at examining various text features that might influence the difficulty level of a high-stakes reading comprehension test and predict test takers' scores. To this end, the responses provided by 17,900 test takers on the reading…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Download full textRazi, Salim – Online Submission, 2012
This study presents the processes of developing and establishing reliability and validity of a reading test by administering an integrative approach as conventional reliability and validity measures superficially reveals the difficulty of a reading test. In this respect, analysing vocabulary frequency of the test is regarded as a more eligible way…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Reading Tests, Test Validity
