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Peer reviewedWainer, Howard; Lukhele, Robert – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1997
The reliability of scores from four forms of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was estimated using a hybrid item response theory model. It was found that there was very little difference between overall reliability when the testlet items were assumed to be independent and when their dependence was modeled. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Item Response Theory, Scores, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedPonsoda, Vincente; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1997
A study involving 209 Spanish high school students compared computer-based English vocabulary tests: (1) a self-adapted test (SAT); (2) a computerized adaptive test (CAT); (3) a conventional test; and (4) a test combining SAT and CAT. No statistically significant differences were found among test types for estimated ability or posttest anxiety.…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Anxiety, Comparative Analysis
