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Hung Tan Ha; Duyen Thi Bich Nguyen; Tim Stoeckel – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2025
This article compares two methods for detecting local item dependence (LID): residual correlation examination and Rasch testlet modeling (RTM), in a commonly used 3:6 matching format and an extended matching test (EMT) format. The two formats are hypothesized to facilitate different levels of item dependency due to differences in the number of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Tests, Test Items, Item Analysis
Aryadoust, Vahid; Luo, Lan – Language Testing, 2023
This study reviewed conceptualizations and operationalizations of second language (L2) listening constructs. A total of 157 peer-reviewed papers published in 19 journals in applied linguistics were coded for (1) publication year, author, source title, location, language, and reliability and (2) listening subskills, cognitive processes, attributes,…
Descriptors: Test Format, Listening Comprehension Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
McLeod, Melissa; Cheng, Liying – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
The Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP) Test was designed for immigration and citizenship in Canada. CELPIP is a computer-based English-language proficiency test which covers all four skills. This test review provides a description of the test and its construct, tasks, and delivery. Then, it appraises CELPIP for…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Liao, Ray J. T. – Language Testing, 2023
Among the variety of selected response formats used in L2 reading assessment, multiple-choice (MC) is the most commonly adopted, primarily due to its efficiency and objectiveness. Given the impact of assessment results on teaching and learning, it is necessary to investigate the degree to which the MC format reliably measures learners' L2 reading…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Egbe, Cajetan Ikechukwu; Agbo, Philomina Akudo; Okwo, Frederick Amunabo; Agbo, George Chibuike – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
In the use of English programme of the general studies unit of Nigerian universities, computer based testing (CBT) has been introduced as a novel approach for writing examinations, as against the paper based test (PBT). For this reason, there is a need to ascertain students' perceptions of computer-based tests in the use of English Programme,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Testing, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
Ozdemir, Burhanettin; Gelbal, Selahattin – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
The computerized adaptive tests (CAT) apply an adaptive process in which the items are tailored to individuals' ability scores. The multidimensional CAT (MCAT) designs differ in terms of different item selection, ability estimation, and termination methods being used. This study aims at investigating the performance of the MCAT designs used to…
Descriptors: Scores, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items, Language Proficiency
New York State Education Department, 2024
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has a partnership with NWEA for the development of the 2024 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests. Teachers from across the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP). The 2024 Grades 6 and 7 English Language…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Format, Language Arts, English Instruction
Koizumi, Rie – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
In Japanese secondary schools, speaking assessment in English classrooms is designed, conducted, and scored by teachers. Although the assessment is intended to be used for summative and formative purposes, it is not regularly or adequately practiced. This paper reports the problems (i.e., lack of continuous speaking assessment, limited speaking…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
New York State Education Department, 2024
The instructions in this manual explain the responsibilities of school administrators for the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP) Grades 3-8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Grades 5 & 8 Science Tests. School administrators must be thoroughly familiar with the contents of the manual, and the policies and procedures must be followed…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Language Arts, Mathematics Tests, Science Tests
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2023
This article aims to give a comprehensive guide to planning and designing vocabulary tests which include Identifying the skills to be covered by the test; outlining the course content covered; preparing a table of specifications that shows the skill, content topics and number of questions allocated to each; and preparing the test instructions. The…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Learning Processes, Test Construction, Course Content
Toroujeni, Seyyed Morteza Hashemi – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Score interchangeability of Computerized Fixed-Length Linear Testing (henceforth CFLT) and Paper-and-Pencil-Based Testing (henceforth PPBT) has become a controversial issue over the last decade when technology has meaningfully restructured methods of the educational assessment. Given this controversy, various testing guidelines published on…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Reading Tests, Reading Comprehension, Scoring
Trina D. Spencer; Marilyn S. Thompson; Douglas B. Petersen; Yixing Liu; M. Adelaida Restrepo – Grantee Submission, 2023
For young Spanish-speaking children entering U. S. schools, it is imperative that educators foster growth in the home language and in the language of instruction to the fullest extent possible. Monitoring language development over time is crucial for promoting language development because it allows educators to individualize student instruction.…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Language
Isbell, Dan; Winke, Paula – Language Testing, 2019
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) oral proficiency interview -- computer (OPIc) testing system represents an ambitious effort in language assessment: Assessing oral proficiency in over a dozen languages, on the same scale, from virtually anywhere at any time. Especially for users in contexts where multiple foreign…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
Polat, Murat – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2020
Classroom practices, materials and teaching methods in language classes have changed a lot in the last decades and continue to evolve; however, the commonly used techniques to test students' foreign language skills have not changed much regardless of the recent awareness in Bloom's taxonomy. Testing units at schools rely mostly on multiple choice…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Test Format, Test Items, Difficulty Level
Aviad-Levitzky, Tami; Laufer, Batia; Goldstein, Zahava – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
This article describes the development and validation of the new CATSS (Computer Adaptive Test of Size and Strength), which measures vocabulary knowledge in four modalities -- productive recall, receptive recall, productive recognition, and receptive recognition. In the first part of the paper we present the assumptions that underlie the test --…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability