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Native Speaker Performance Validity: In Vain or for Gain?

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Jafarpur, Abdoljavad – System, 1996

Explores the feasibility of native speaker performance criterion for validating tests for nonnative speakers. The article analyzes the results of a cloze test administered to 202 Americans and 323 students of English as a Foreign Language. Findings suggest that the efficacy of the cloze procedure is in question more than ever before. (72…

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)

The Relationship between Criterion-Based Levels of Oral Proficiency and Norm-Referenced Scores of General Proficiency in English as a Second Language.

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Reed, Daniel J. – System, 1992

Presents data from validation study of American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency (OPI). Distinctness of OPI ratings from scores generated by Test of English as a Foreign Language and one other examination is assessed on basis of comparisons among 70 sets of scores from students of English as Second Language who…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, English (Second Language), Higher Education

Reliability and Validity of the Second Level English Proficiency Tests.

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Stansfield, Charles – System, 1984

Describes the development of the Secondary Level English Proficiency (SLEP) Test specifications and the performance of each item type during administration of the test in other countries. Innovative formats such as multiple-choice cloze and multiple-choice dictation are discussed and described. In addition, the findings of a validity study…

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, Dictation, English (Second Language)