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Computer-Based Analysis of Open-Ended Foreign-Language Test Items.

Lindblad, Torsten – 1981

The recent psycholinguistic-sociolinguistic trend in foreign language teaching indicates a shift of interest away from quantitative data towards qualitative information of different kinds. Validity and relevance are stressed and so new test formats are demanded, as well as new methods of dealing with student answers. Item analysis techniques used…

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Programs, Higher Education

Improving the Predictive Ability of Placement Tests Using the Rasch Model for Scoring.

Smith, Richard M.; Mitchell, Virginia P. – 1979

To improve the accuracy of college placement, Rasch scoring and person-fit statistics on the Comparative Guidance and Placement test (CGP) was compared to the traditional right-only scoring. Correlations were calculated between English and mathematics course grades and scores of 1,448 entering freshmen on the reading, writing, and mathematics…

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Computer Programs, Difficulty Level, Goodness of Fit