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Modeling Local Item Dependence in Cloze and Reading Comprehension Test Items Using Testlet Response Theory
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Baghaei, Purya; Ravand, Hamdollah – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2016
In this study the magnitudes of local dependence generated by cloze test items and reading comprehension items were compared and their impact on parameter estimates and test precision was investigated. An advanced English as a foreign language reading comprehension test containing three reading passages and a cloze test was analyzed with a…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
The Development of an English Language Proficiency Test of Foreign Students, Using a Clozentropy Procedure. Final Report.
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Darnell, Donald K. – 1968
This final report presents a description of a test combining cloze procedure and an entropy analysis (CLOZENTROPY), designed to measure the compatibility of a foreign student's English with that of his peers who are native speakers of English. This test, and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) were administered to 48 foreign students…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
A Survey of Issues and Item Writing in Language Testing.
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Strong, Gregory – Thought Currents in English Literature, 1995
This paper traces developments in educational psychology and measurement that led to the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) and the application of educational measurement terms such as validity and reliability to testing. Use of a table of specifications for planning…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries