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Direct linkMin, Shangchao; He, Lianzhen – Language Testing, 2014
This study examined the relative effectiveness of the multidimensional bi-factor model and multidimensional testlet response theory (TRT) model in accommodating local dependence in testlet-based reading assessment with both dichotomously and polytomously scored items. The data used were 14,089 test-takers' item-level responses to the testlet-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Response Theory, Reading Tests, Test Items
Xie, Qin; Andrews, Stephen – Language Testing, 2013
This study introduces Expectancy-value motivation theory to explain the paths of influences from perceptions of test design and uses to test preparation as a special case of washback on learning. Based on this theory, two conceptual models were proposed and tested via Structural Equation Modeling. Data collection involved over 870 test takers of…
Descriptors: Influences, Expectation, Test Construction, Test Use
