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Review of Pearson Test of English Academic: Building an Assessment Use Argument
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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
An Investigation of Four Writing Traits and Two Tasks across Two Languages
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Bae, Jungok; Bachman, Lyle F. – Language Testing, 2010
This study investigated the validity of four theoretically motivated traits of writing ability across English and Korean, based on elementary school students' responses to letter- and story-writing tasks. Their responses were scored analytically and analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis. The findings include the following. A model of writing…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Validity, Korean, English (Second Language)
Task and Ability Analysis as a Basis for Examining Content and Construct Comparability in Two EFL Proficiency Test Batteries.
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Bachman, Lyle F.; And Others – Language Testing, 1988
An exploratory analysis comparing two test batteries for English-as-a-Foreign-Language reading comprehension used a single framework of communicative language ability and test method facets to investigate construct validity. The framework's use in the content analysis of communicative language tests, and for the comparison of content across tests,…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity, Content Analysis
An Investigation into the Adequacy of Three IRT Models for Data from Two EFL Reading Tests.
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Choi, Inn-Chull; Bachman, Lyle F. – Language Testing, 1992
This study is part of a larger one examining the comparability of the First Certificate in English and the Test of English as a Foreign Language. The general assumption of unidimensionality and goodness-of-fit were tested. Findings raise questions about the consequences of rejecting or retaining misfitting items. (60 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Goodness of Fit, Item Response Theory
Modern Language Testing at the Turn of the Century: Assuring That What We Count Counts.
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Bachman, Lyle F. – Language Testing, 2000
Reviews developments in language testing research and practice over the last 20 years, and suggests future directions in the areas of professionalizing the field and validation research. Argues that concerns for ethical conduct must be grounded in valid test use, so that professionalization and validation research are inseparable. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Ethics, Language Research, Language Tests, Second Language Instruction
The Use of Test Method Characteristics in the Content Analysis and Design of EFL Proficiency Tests.
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Bachman, Lyle F.; And Others – Language Testing, 1996
Discusses the value of content considerations in the design of language tests and the implications of the findings of various investigations of content analysis. The article argues that content analysis can be viewed as the application of a model of test design to a particular measurement instrument, using judgments of trained analysts. (26…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Analysis, English (Second Language), Item Analysis