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Proficiency at the Lexis-Grammar Interface: Comparing Oral versus Written French Exam Tasks

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Vandeweerd, Nathan; Housen, Alex; Paquot, Magali – Language Testing, 2023

This study investigates whether re-thinking the separation of lexis and grammar in language testing could lead to more valid inferences about proficiency across modes. As argued by Römer, typical scoring rubrics ignore important information about proficiency encoded at the lexis-grammar interface, in particular how the co-selection of lexical and…

Descriptors: French, Language Tests, Grammar, Second Language Learning

Same Test, Better Scores: Boosting the Reliability of Short Online Intelligence Recruitment Tests with Nested Logit Item Response Theory Models

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Storme, Martin; Myszkowski, Nils; Baron, Simon; Bernard, David – Journal of Intelligence, 2019

Assessing job applicants' general mental ability online poses psychometric challenges due to the necessity of having brief but accurate tests. Recent research (Myszkowski & Storme, 2018) suggests that recovering distractor information through Nested Logit Models (NLM; Suh & Bolt, 2010) increases the reliability of ability estimates in…

Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Item Response Theory, Comparative Analysis, Test Reliability

Test Review: Test of English as a Foreign Language[TM]--Internet-Based Test (TOEFL iBT[R])

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Alderson, J. Charles – Language Testing, 2009

In this article, the author reviews the TOEFL iBT which is the latest version of the TOEFL, whose history stretches back to 1961. The TOEFL iBT was introduced in the USA, Canada, France, Germany and Italy in late 2005. Currently the TOEFL test is offered in two testing formats: (1) Internet-based testing (iBT); and (2) paper-based testing (PBT).…

Descriptors: Oral Language, Writing Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests, Test Reviews