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Item Performance Across Native Language Groups on the Test of English as a Foreign Language. TOEFL Research Reports, 9.

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Alderman, Donald L.; Holland, Paul W. – 1981

The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was examined for instances in which the item performance of examinees with comparable scores differed according to their native languages. A chi-square procedure, sensitive to deviations of less than ten percent from the expected frequencies of correct item responses across several language groups,…

Descriptors: Comparative Testing, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Students

Native Speaker Performance Validity: In Vain or for Gain?

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Jafarpur, Abdoljavad – System, 1996

Explores the feasibility of native speaker performance criterion for validating tests for nonnative speakers. The article analyzes the results of a cloze test administered to 202 Americans and 323 students of English as a Foreign Language. Findings suggest that the efficacy of the cloze procedure is in question more than ever before. (72…

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)