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Daniel Koretz – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2024
A critically important balance in educational measurement between practical concerns and matters of technique has atrophied in recent decades, and as a result, some important issues in the field have not been adequately addressed. I start with the work of E. F. Lindquist, who exemplified the balance that is now wanting. Lindquist was arguably the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Achievement Tests, Educational History
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Schmitt, Norbert; Nation, Paul; Kremmel, Benjamin – Language Teaching, 2020
Recently, a large number of vocabulary tests have been made available to language teachers, testers, and researchers. Unfortunately, most of them have been launched with inadequate validation evidence. The field of language testing has become increasingly more rigorous in the area of test validation, but developers of vocabulary tests have…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Language Tests, Test Use
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Knoch, Ute; Deygers, Bart; Khamboonruang, Apichat – Language Testing, 2021
Rating scale development in the field of language assessment is often considered in dichotomous ways: It is assumed to be guided either by expert intuition or by drawing on performance data. Even though quite a few authors have argued that rating scale development is rarely so easily classifiable, this dyadic view has dominated language testing…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Test Construction, Language Tests, Test Use
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Gopal Prasad Pandey – Journal of Practical Studies in Education, 2024
This paper explores the role of language testing in English education, focusing on its theoretical foundations, methodologies and practical applications. It analyzes how language tests fulfill various purposes, such as placement, progress monitoring, achievement evaluation and diagnostic feedback, underlining the importance of a critical…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Russell, Mike; Ludlow, Larry; O'Dwyer, Laura – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
The field of educational measurement has evolved considerably since the first doctoral programs were established. In response, programs have typically tacked on courses that address newly developed theories, methods, tools, and techniques. As our review of current programs evidences, this approach produces artificial distinctions among topics and…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Specialists, Doctoral Programs, Program Evaluation
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Patrick Kyllonen; Amit Sevak; Teresa Ober; Ikkyu Choi; Jesse Sparks; Daniel Fishtein – ETS Research Report Series, 2024
Assessment refers to a broad array of approaches for measuring or evaluating a person's (or group of persons') skills, behaviors, dispositions, or other attributes. Assessments range from standardized tests used in admissions, employee selection, licensure examinations, and domestic and international large-scale assessments of cognitive and…
Descriptors: Assessment Literacy, Testing, Test Bias, Test Construction
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Gafni, Naomi – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2016
Naomi Gafni, director of Research and Development, National Institute for Testing and Evaluation, Jerusalem, Israel, has devoted a substantial part of her career to the development of admissions tests and other educational tests and to the investigation of their validity. As such she is keenly aware of the complexities involved in this process.…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Interpretation, Test Use, Test Construction
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Torrance, Harry – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2018
There are sound educational and examining reasons for the use of coursework assessment and practical assessment of student work by teachers in schools for purposes of reporting examination grades. Coursework and practical work test a range of different curriculum goals to final papers and increase the validity and reliability of the result.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Achievement Tests, Accountability
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Goldstein, Harvey – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2015
The term "validity" is one of the most important and one of the most debated concepts in educational measurement. In this paper, I argue that various different approaches can all be viewed from an associational perspective. I also argue that our understanding will be enhanced by adopting some basic ideas of scientific reasoning to the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Test Validity, Scientific Principles, Test Construction
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Mislevy, Robert J. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2016
Validity is the sine qua non of properties of educational assessment. While a theory of validity and a practical framework for validation has emerged over the past decades, most of the discussion has addressed familiar forms of assessment and psychological framings. Advances in digital technologies and in cognitive and social psychology have…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Technology, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology
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Davidson, Peter; Coombe, Christine – Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2019
Language assessment literacy (LAL) has become a critical topic in English language teaching since the late 1990s. Unfortunately, this is mainly due to the fact that so many English language teachers are not assessment literate. In other words, many English language teachers lack the knowledge and skills to write good language tests, evaluate the…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Geographic Regions, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Greathouse, Dan; Shaughnessy, Michael F. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
Whenever a major intelligence or achievement test is revised, there is always renewed interest in the underlying structure of the test as well as a renewed interest in the scoring, administration, and interpretation changes. In this interview, Amy Gabel discusses the most recent revision of the "Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth…
Descriptors: Children, Intelligence Tests, Test Use, Test Validity
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Gove, Amber; Habib, Samir; Piper, Benjamin; Ralaingita, Wendi – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2013
This article reviews the development of the Early Grade Reading and Mathematics Assessments (EGRA and EGMA), which are locally tailored, timely assessments designed to directly inform policy and instruction for learning improvement, particularly for countries on the lower end of the income spectrum. The history of the design and implementation of…
Descriptors: International Programs, Measurement, Reading Tests, Mathematics Tests
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Wang, Huan; Choi, Ikkyu; Schmidgall, Jonathan; Bachman, Lyle F. – Language Testing, 2012
This review departs from current practice in reviewing tests in that it employs an "argument-based approach" to test validation to guide the review (e.g. Bachman, 2005; Kane, 2006; Mislevy, Steinberg, & Almond, 2002). Specifically, it follows an approach to test development and use that Bachman and Palmer (2010) call the process of "assessment…
Descriptors: Evidence, Stakeholders, Test Construction, Test Use
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Hassan, Nurul Huda; Shih, Chih-Min – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
This article describes and reviews the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Advanced Level General Paper (GP) examination. As a written test that is administered to preuniversity students, the GP examination is internationally recognised and accepted by universities and employers as proof of English competence. In this article, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, English (Second Language), Writing Tests
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