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Ensuring Validity of Practical English Certification Test of Local Office of Education in Korea
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Kang, Mun-koo; Chang, Hyung-ji – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2014
This study is aimed at ensuring the validity of the Practical English Certification Test (PECT) of the Chung-nam Office of Education (COE) in Korea. Motivated by the demand for a developing localized English test to empower English learning in public education, the COE conducted the PECT for 38,544 students of elementary, middle and high schools…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests
High School Exit Exams and "Mis"measurement
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Tienken, Christopher H. – Educational Forum, 2011
Test score validity takes center stage in the debate over the use of high school exit exams. Scant literature addresses the amount of conditional standard error of measurement (CSEM) present in individual student results on high school exit exams. The purpose of this study is to fill a void in the literature and add a national review of the CSEM,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Exit Examinations, State Departments of Education, Error of Measurement
Problems in Examining the Validity of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview.
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Bachman, Lyle F. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1988
Discusses the problem of measuring the validity of interview ratings in the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPI), proposes frameworks to distinguish abilities from testing methods, and considers factors affecting test performance. Suggestions for research and development on the ACTFL OPI…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Construct Validity, Content Validity, Interviews
A More Valid Alternative to TOEFL?
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Roemer, Ann – College and University, 2002
Describes the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Advanced Placement in International English Language (APIEL) and evaluates both tests on three basic types of validity criteria: content, construct, and criterion-related. Concludes that the TOEFL has serious limitations, and that the APIEL may be more useful. (EV)
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Content Validity, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Assessing Inference Skills.
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Facione, Peter A. – 1989
Four major problem areas inhibit the standardized assessment of critical thinking (CT): (1) content validity; (2) construct validity; (3) technical jargon; and (4) background knowledge. Practical examples of framing multiple-choice items for assessment are suggested. In the area of content validity, new agreement about the definition of CT now…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Construct Validity, Content Validity, Critical Thinking
Fallout from the Testing Explosion: How 100 Million Standardized Exams Undermine Equity and Excellence in America's Public Schools. Third Edition (Revised).
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Medina, Noe; Neill, D. Monty – 1990
Standardized tests often produce results that are inaccurate, inconsistent, and biased against minority, female, and low-income students. Such tests shift control and authority into the hands of the unregulated testing industry and can undermine school achievement by narrowing the curriculum, frustrating teachers, and driving students out of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Construct Validity, Content Validity