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Download full textHryvko, Antonina V.; Zhuk, Yurii O. – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2022
A feature of the presented study is a comprehensive approach to studying the reliability problem of linguistic testing results due to the several functional and variable factors impact. Contradictions and ambiguous views of scientists on the researched issues determine the relevance of this study. The article highlights the problem of equivalence…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Language Tests, Test Format, Test Items
Keng, Leslie; Boyer, Michelle – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2020
ACT requested assistance from the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment (Center for Assessment) to investigate declines of scores for states administering the ACT to its 11th grade students in 2018. This request emerged from conversations among state leaders, the Center for Assessment, and ACT in trying to understand the…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Test Score Decline, Educational Trends
Direct linkMadya, Suwarsih; Retnawati, Heri; Purnawan, Ari; Putro, Nur Hidayanto Pancoro Setyo; Apino, Ezi – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2019
This explorative-descriptive study set out to examine the equivalence among Test of English Proficiency (TOEP) forms, developed by the Indonesian Testing Service Centre (ITSC) and co-founded by The Association for The Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN) and The Association of Psychology in Indonesia. Using a…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Pyle, Katie; Jones, Emily; Williams, Chris; Morrison, Jo – Educational Research, 2009
Background: All national curriculum tests in England are pre-tested as part of the development process. Differences in pupil performance between pre-test and live test are consistently found. This difference has been termed the pre-test effect. Understanding the pre-test effect is essential in the test development and selection processes and in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pretesting, Context Effect, National Curriculum
Peer reviewedFoos, Paul W. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1992
Effects of expected form and expected difficulty of a test were examined for 84 college students expecting an easy or difficult multiple-choice or essay examination but taking a combined test. Results support the hypothesis that individuals work harder, rather than reduce their effort, when difficult work is expected. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Difficulty Level, Essay Tests, Expectation
Linacre, John M. – 1987
This paper describes a computer program in Microsoft BASIC which selects and administers test items from a small item bank. The level of the difficulty of the item selected depends on the test taker's previous response. This adaptive system is based on the Rasch model. The Rasch model uses a unit of measurement based on the logarithm of the…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Individual Testing
Test-Retest Analyses of the Test of English as a Foreign Language. TOEFL Research Reports Report 45.
Henning, Grant – 1993
This study provides information about the total and component scores of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). First, the study provides comparative global and component estimates of test-retest, alternate-form, and internal-consistency reliability, controlling for sources of measurement error inherent in the examinees and the testing…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics)
