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Using Corpus Linguistics to Examine the Extrapolation Inference in the Validity Argument for a High-Stakes Speaking Assessment
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LaFlair, Geoffrey T.; Staples, Shelley – Language Testing, 2017
Investigations of the validity of a number of high-stakes language assessments are conducted using an argument-based approach, which requires evidence for inferences that are critical to score interpretation (Chapelle, Enright, & Jamieson, 2008b; Kane, 2013). The current study investigates the extrapolation inference for a high-stakes test of…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Language Tests, Test Validity, Inferences
The Predictive Ability of Standardized Tests of English as a Foreign Language.
Chai, Sally H.; Woehlke, Paula L. – 1979
Eighteen studies on the validity of tests of English as a foreign language (EFL) for college admission and placement decisions are briefly summarized. No studies were found on the extent to which these tests reflect language skills, curriculum (content validity), or theory or behavior (construct validity). Instead, all of these studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Correlation
The Validity of the Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency as a General Measure of High School English Achievement in American Samoa.
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Baldauf, Richard B., Jr. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
An examination of the relationship between high school English grade point average and the Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency scores, for a sample of English as second-language (ESL) high school students in American Samoa, indicated the validity of the test with ESL students. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Correlation, English (Second Language), Grade Point Average, High Schools