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IRT-Based Classification Analysis of an English Language Reading Proficiency Subtest
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Kaya, Elif; O'Grady, Stefan; Kalender, Ilker – Language Testing, 2022
Language proficiency testing serves an important function of classifying examinees into different categories of ability. However, misclassification is to some extent inevitable and may have important consequences for stakeholders. Recent research suggests that classification efficacy may be enhanced substantially using computerized adaptive…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Items, Language Tests, Classification
Re-Examining the Content Validation of a Grammar Test: The (Im)Possibility of Distinguishing Vocabulary and Structural Knowledge
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Alderson, J. Charles; Kremmel, Benjamin – Language Testing, 2013
"Vocabulary and structural knowledge" (Grabe, 1991, p. 379) appears to be a key component of reading ability. However, is this component to be taken as a unitary one or is structural knowledge a separate factor that can therefore also be tested in isolation in, say, a test of syntax? If syntax can be singled out (e.g. in order to…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Tests, Content Validity, Test Validity
Investigating the Validity of an Integrated Listening-Speaking Task: A Discourse-Based Analysis of Test Takers' Oral Performances
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Frost, Kellie; Elder, Catherine; Wigglesworth, Gillian – Language Testing, 2012
Performance on integrated tasks requires candidates to engage skills and strategies beyond language proficiency alone, in ways that can be difficult to define and measure for testing purposes. While it has been widely recognized that stimulus materials impact test performance, our understanding of the way in which test takers make use of these…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Language Tests, Testing, Rating Scales
Empiricism versus Connoisseurship: Establishing the Appropriacy of Texts in Tests of Academic Reading
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Green, Anthony; Unaldi, Aylin; Weir, Cyril – Language Testing, 2010
Providers of tests of languages for academic purposes generally claim to provide evidence on the extent to which students are likely to be able to cope with the future demands of reading in specified real-life contexts. Such claims need to be supported by evidence that the texts employed in the test reflect salient features of the texts the test…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Individual Characteristics, Individual Testing, Test Validity
Task and Ability Analysis as a Basis for Examining Content and Construct Comparability in Two EFL Proficiency Test Batteries.
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Bachman, Lyle F.; And Others – Language Testing, 1988
An exploratory analysis comparing two test batteries for English-as-a-Foreign-Language reading comprehension used a single framework of communicative language ability and test method facets to investigate construct validity. The framework's use in the content analysis of communicative language tests, and for the comparison of content across tests,…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity, Content Analysis
The Use of Test Method Characteristics in the Content Analysis and Design of EFL Proficiency Tests.
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Bachman, Lyle F.; And Others – Language Testing, 1996
Discusses the value of content considerations in the design of language tests and the implications of the findings of various investigations of content analysis. The article argues that content analysis can be viewed as the application of a model of test design to a particular measurement instrument, using judgments of trained analysts. (26…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Analysis, English (Second Language), Item Analysis