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Chang, Heesun – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
Drawing on the framework of invariant measurement from Rasch measurement theory, the purpose of this study is to psychometrically evaluate the 20 language and teaching skill domains of the International Teaching Assistant (ITA) Test using the many-facet Rasch model and to empirically explore performance differences between females and males in…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Han, Chao – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2016
As a property of test scores, reliability/dependability constitutes an important psychometric consideration, and it underpins the validity of measurement results. A review of interpreter certification performance tests (ICPTs) reveals that (a) although reliability/dependability checking has been recognized as an important concern, its theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scores, English, Chinese
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Pae, Hye K.; Greenberg, Daphne; Morris, Robin D. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2012
The aim of this study was to apply the Rasch model to an analysis of the psychometric properties of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test--III Form A (PPVT--IIIA) items with struggling adult readers. The PPVT--IIIA was administered to 229 African American adults whose isolated word reading skills were between third and fifth grades. Conformity of…
Descriptors: African Americans, Test Items, Construct Validity, Test Validity