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Direct linkThompson, Gregory L.; Cox, Troy L.; Knapp, Nieves – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
While studies have been done to rate the validity and reliability of the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and Oral Proficiency Interview-Computer (OPIc) independently, a limited amount of research has analyzed the interexam reliability of these tests, and studies have yet to be conducted comparing the results of Spanish language learners who take…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Spanish
Fall, Thekla; Adair-Hauck, Bonnie; Glisan, Eileen – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
This article reports on the Pittsburgh Public Schools Oral Ratings Assessment for Language Students (PPS ORALS) project, a Title VI Foreign Language Assistance Program grant-funded project to create an online testing Software program that makes large-scale oral testing in a world language not only feasible, but also easy to create, administer, and…
Descriptors: Testing, Language Tests, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedKaya-Carton, Esin; Carton, Aaron S. – Foreign Language Annals, 1986
Reports on the first phases of an American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages project to develop a computerized adaptive test of reading proficiency. The theoretical multidimensionality of the construct is clarified, and its implications for test development, item calibration, and validation procedures are discussed. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, French, Language Tests
Peer reviewedZdenek, Joseph W. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
In spite of new methodologies in foreign language instruction, much testing is still of the traditional type. Paper and pencil tests are given, testing in exactly the same way the teachers themselves were tested. This article suggests 25 points for language teachers on all levels. (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Test Construction, Test Theory
Peer reviewedBriere, Eugene J. – Foreign Language Annals, 1971
Portion of a paper given at the seminar sponsored by the South East Asian Ministers of Education Organization in Bangkok, Thailand, in May 1970. (DS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Proficiency
Malone, Margaret E. – Foreign Language Annals, 2003
Since their initial publication in 1982, the ACTFL Guidelines and oral proficiency interview (OPI) have enjoyed widespread use by foreign language educators. They have also been the target of much criticism by researchers of second language acquisition and testing. Much of this criticism has focused on validity claims for the OPI. Other research…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Language Tests, Interrater Reliability, Criticism
