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Download full textMislevy, Robert J. – 1994
Recent developments in cognitive and educational psychology, such as increased appreciation of the situated nature of learning and understanding, call for broader ranges of student models and types of data than those standard in testing today. We must specify how what we observe on the test is related to competence as we conceptualize it, and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Inferences, Information Needs, Language Aptitude
Cziko, Gary A.; Lin, Nien-Hsuan Jennifer – 1984
This study used classical psychometric, latent trait, and nonparametric approaches to analyze 13- and 14-item scales of English language proficiency. Tests of English listening comprehension (dictation) and reading ("copytest") were constructed by modifying the standard dictation testing procedure to create items of text segments which…
Descriptors: Adults, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Higher Education
