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Shin, Sun-Young; Ewert, Doreen – Language Testing, 2015
Reading-to-write (RTW) tasks are becoming increasingly popular and have already been used in several high-stakes English proficiency exams, either replacing or complementing a prompt-based essay test. However, it is still not clear that what accounts for successful or unsuccessful performance on an integrated reading-writing task is owing to the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Test Items
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Clauser, Brian E.; Harik, Polina; Margolis, Melissa J. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2006
Although multivariate generalizability theory was developed more than 30 years ago, little published research utilizing this framework exists and most of what does exist examines tests built from tables of specifications. In this context, it is assumed that the universe scores from levels of the fixed multivariate facet will be correlated, but the…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Job Skills, Correlation, Test Items
Cope, Ronald T. – 1987
This study used generalizability theory and other statistical concepts to assess the application of the Angoff method to setting cutoff scores on two professional certification tests. A panel of ten judges gave pre- and post-feedback Angoff probability ratings of items of two forms of a professional certification test, and another panel of nine…
Descriptors: Certification, Correlation, Cutting Scores, Error of Measurement