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Download full textWolf, Mikyung Kim; Kao, Jenny; Herman, Joan; Bachman, Lyle F.; Bailey, Alison; Bachman, Patina L.; Farnsworth, Tim; Chang, Sandy M. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2008
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act has made a great impact on states' policies in assessing English language learner (ELL) students. The legislation requires states to develop or adopt sound assessments in order to validly measure the ELL students' English language proficiency (ELP), as well as content knowledge and skills. Although states have…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Federal Legislation, Validity, Second Language Learning
Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Herman, Joan L.; Bachman, Lyle F.; Bailey, Alison L.; Griffin, Noelle – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2008
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB, 2002) has had a great impact on states' policies in assessing English language learner (ELL) students. The legislation requires states to develop or adopt sound assessments in order to validly measure the ELL students' English language proficiency, as well as content knowledge and skills. While states…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Research and Development Centers
Peer reviewedBachman, Lyle F. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1989
Applied linguistics and psychometrics have influenced language testing, providing additional tools for investigating factors affecting language test performance and assuring measurement reliability. An examination is presented of language testing, including the theoretical issues involved, the methodological advances, language test development,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Peer reviewedBachman, Lyle F. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1988
Discusses three research/testing interfaces in second-language (L2) testing: the covariance structure analysis of ex post facto correlational data, the qualitative investigation of test-taking processes, and the development of L2 assessment instruments based on developmental sequences in L2 acquisition. (61 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Research, Language Tests, Multivariate Analysis
Peer reviewedBachman, Lyle F.; And Others – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1990
The abilities measured by the First Certificate of English (FCE) administered by the Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate are compared with the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) administered by the Educational Testing Service. The analyses suggest that the FCE and TOEFL appear to measure the same common aspect of language…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBachman, 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
Bachman, Lyle F.; And Others – 1993
This paper outlines the development of a performance assessment measure of language speaking ability, the Language Ability Assessment System (LAAS), which is highly reliable and can be examined for reliability through modern measurement theories, such as generalizability theory (G-theory) and the many-facet Rasch theory. LAAS was developed to…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Interrater Reliability, Language Proficiency
Bachman, Lyle F. – 1985
A theoretical framework that distinguishes the knowledge, or competence, aspect of language proficiency from the skills aspect is outlined, and the factors in the language testing situation that affect performance on language tests are examined. The model is intended for use in assessing the construct validity of tests of language proficiency and…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedBachman, 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
Peer reviewedBachman, Lyle F. – Language Testing, 1995
Discusses the development of a foreign language (Spanish) test battery that was designed for two purposes: to place students in study-abroad programs appropriate to their language ability and to provide information on designing useful instruction for prospective study-abroad students. Results are presented into task and rater variability in the…
Descriptors: College Students, Evaluators, Grammar, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBachman, 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
Bachman, Lyle F.; Palmer, Adrian S. – 1979
In a study designed to validate oral language proficiency tests, it is planned to administer a series of tests to 100 native Mandarin Chinese-speaking subjects (foreign students and their spouses). The tests will measure communicative competence in speaking (ability to speak, exhibiting control of linguistic, sociolinguistic, and pragmatic rules;…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
