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Direct linkStewart, Jeffrey; White, David A. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2011
Multiple-choice tests such as the Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT) are often viewed as a preferable estimator of vocabulary knowledge when compared to yes/no checklists, because self-reporting tests introduce the possibility of students overreporting or underreporting scores. However, multiple-choice tests have their own unique disadvantages. It has…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Scoring Formulas, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Reliability
Rand, Earl – 1978
A project is described that was undertaken to investigate: (1) how long a cloze test has to be to achieve optimum reliability without wasting anyone's time; and (2) how cloze tests should be scored in order to obtain maximum reliability. The literature recommended 50 deletions in order to provide for an adequate sample of examinee's abilities; it…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Research
Bruno, James E.; Opp, Ronald D. – 1985
The admissable probability measurement (APM) format was used to score a criterion referenced language arts test administered in an inner city junior high school. Its 30 items covered capitalization, punctuation, parts of speech, and sentence analysis. With APM, students indicate their confidence in their answer choice, and guessing is heavily…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Testing, Equivalency Tests
