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Did They Take the Same Test? Examinee Language Proficiency and the Structure of Language Tests

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Sang-Keun, Shin – Language Testing, 2005

This study investigated the relationship between examinee proficiency and the structure of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Speaking Proficiency in English Assessment Kit (SPEAK). Specifically, using multi-group structural equation modeling, this study tested two competing hypotheses about the relationship: whether or not…

Descriptors: Models, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Language Aptitude

Rauding Theory and the TOEFL Sub-Tests

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Lee, Gabriel A. – Online Submission, 2002

Rauding theory states that two factors, accuracy and rate, explain nearly all the variance in the general reading ability of American schoolchildren (Carver, 1999). Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and regression, this dissertation investigated to what extent the Rauding model could be applied to 92 Japanese university aged young adults…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, Word Recognition, Reading Ability