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Download full textPolat, Murat – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2022
Foreign language testing is a multi-dimensional phenomenon and obtaining objective and error-free scores on learners' language skills is often problematic. While assessing foreign language performance on high-stakes tests, using different testing approaches including Classical Test Theory (CTT), Generalizability Theory (GT) and/or Item Response…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Item Response Theory, Language Tests
Dugan, J. Sanford – 1988
A study compared the results of administration of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages/Educational Testing Service (ACTFL/ETS) oral proficiency interview and those of two laboratory-administered Modern Language Association tests, one in the listening mode and one in the speaking mode. The comparative study was undertaken to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, French, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Vazulik, Johannes; Brown, Cheri – 1989
A study supplementing earlier research by Lalande and Schweckendiek investigated comparisons and correlations obtained from testing a group of 17 university students of German using both the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and the most recent revision of the examination for the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Correlation, German
Brutten, Sheila R.; And Others – 1988
A study attempted to estimate the instructional sensitivity of items in three reading comprehension tests in English as a second language (ESL). Instructional sensitivity is a test-item construct defined as the tendency for a test item to vary in difficulty as a function of instruction. Similar tasks were given to readers at different proficiency…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language)
Cohen, Andrew D. – 1989
A study investigated the effects of specific guidelines in the taking and rating of tests of summarizing ability. The subjects were 63 native-Hebrew-speaking students enrolled in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses at the Seminar Hakibbutzim Teacher Training College in Tel Aviv (Israel). The subjects were given two sets of instructions…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
