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Multistage Complexity in Language Proficiency Assessment: A Framework for Aligning Theoretical Perspectives, Test Development, and Psychometrics

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Luecht, Richard M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2003

This article contends that the necessary links between constructs and test scores/decisions in language assessment must be established through principled design procedures that align three models: (1) a theoretical construct model; (2) a test development model; and (3) a psychometric scoring model. The theoretical construct model articulates the…

Descriptors: Scoring, Psychometrics, Language Proficiency, Language Tests

An Examination of Two Methods of Generating and Scoring CLOZE Tests with Students of German on Three Levels.

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Lange, Dale L.; Clausing, Gerhard – Modern Language Journal, 1981

Describes a research project using cloze procedure to measure language proficiency. Discusses test construction and various approaches to test scoring, concluding that results suggest a need for further examination of the random cloze format and acceptable scoring as a means to determine student proficiency in German. (MES)

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Error Analysis (Language), Evaluation, German