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Download full textDieterich, Thomas G.; Freeman, Cecilia – 1979
Part One of this guide explores issues in English proficiency testing. Tests are discussed in terms of the aspect of language tested, and of different kinds of test tasks. The following kinds of test task defects are treated: (1) tests that required literacy skills, (2) tasks that reduce to a vocabulary test, and (3) errant notions of linguistic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation, Item Analysis, Language Proficiency
Dunkel, Patricia A. – 1999
Second language (L2) computer-adaptive testing (CAT) is a technologically advanced method of assessment in which the computer selects and presents test items to examinees according to the estimated level of the examinee's language ability. The basic notion of an adaptive test is to mimic automatically what a wise examiner would normally do.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency
Lange, Dale L., Comp.; Clifford, Ray T., Comp. – 1980
Documents and articles on second language testing that were included in the ERIC data base from 1966 through 1979 are covered in this bibliography. Each of the approximately 1600 entries is identical to a document resume that appeared in "Resources in Education" or "Current Index to Journal in Education" during that period. The bibliography is…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), French
