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Communicative Language Testing (CLT): Reflections on the "Issues Revisited" from the Perspective of an Examinations Board
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Wall, Dianne; Taylor, Cathy – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2014
In this article we first summarise the main points raised by Morrow (1979) in the publication that formed the core of the Communicative Language Testing discussions at the original Language Testing Forum (1980). We take into consideration issues raised by the 1980 Forum participants when appropriate. We apply Morrow's ideas and issues emerging…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Tests, Test Validity, Course Descriptions
The Challenge of Validation: Assessing the Performance of a Test of Productive Vocabulary
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Fitzpatrick, Tess; Clenton, Jon – Language Testing, 2010
This paper assesses the performance of a vocabulary test designed to measure second language productive vocabulary knowledge.The test, Lex30, uses a word association task to elicit vocabulary, and uses word frequency data to measure the vocabulary produced. Here we report firstly on the reliability of the test as measured by a test-retest study, a…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Construct Validity, Vocabulary Development, Word Frequency
The Association of Social Work Boards' Licensure Examinations: A Review of Reliability and Validity Processes
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Marson, Stephen M.; DeAngelis, Donna; Mittal, Nisha – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
Objectives: The purpose of this article is to create transparency for the psychometric methods employed for the development of the Association of Social Work Boards' (ASWB) exams. Results: The article includes an assessment of the macro (political) and micro (statistical) environments of testing social work competence. The seven-step process used…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Test Validity, Psychometrics, Social Work
Stop Signal and Conners' Continuous Performance Tasks: Test-Retest Reliability of Two Inhibition Measures in ADHD Children
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Soreni, Noam; Crosbie, Jennifer; Ickowicz, Abel; Schachar, Russell – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2009
Objective: To measure test-retest reliability of the Stop-Signal Task (SST) and the Conners' Continuous Performance Test (CPT) in children with ADHD. Methods: 12 children with ADHD (age 11.46 plus or minus 1.66) participated in the study. Primary outcome measures were stop-signal reaction time (SSRT) for the SST and CPT's commission errors (%FP).…
Descriptors: Intervals, Reaction Time, Performance Tests, Attention Deficit Disorders
Test-Retest Stability of the Task and Ego Orientation Questionnaire
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Lane, Andrew M.; Nevill, Alan M.; Bowes, Neal; Fox, Kenneth R. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2005
Establishing stability, defined as observing minimal measurement error in a test-retest assessment, is vital to validating psychometric tools. Correlational methods, such as Pearson product-moment, intraclass, and kappa are tests of association or consistency, whereas stability or reproducibility (regarded here as synonymous) assesses the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Multivariate Analysis, Correlation, Test Validity
Task-Centred Assessment in Language Learning: The Promise and the Challenge.
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Brindley, Geoff – 1994
It is argued that while task-centered assessment of second language learning has the strong support of teachers and learners, focuses on language as a tool rather than as an end in itself, and fosters learning, there remain some problems with its use. Further work must be done to develop assessment criteria that reflect current theories of…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers