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Download full textSharareh Sadat Sarsarabi; Zeinab Sazegar – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
The statement stated in a multiple-choice question can be developed regarding two types of sentences: Interruptive (periodic) and cumulative (or loose). This study deals with different kinds of stems in designing multiple-choice (MC) items. To fill the existing gap in the literature, two groups of teacher students passing general English courses…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Format, Multiple Choice Tests, Student Placement
Omarov, Nazarbek Bakytbekovich; Mohammed, Aisha; Alghurabi, Ammar Muhi Khleel; Alallo, Hajir Mahmood Ibrahim; Ali, Yusra Mohammed; Hassan, Aalaa Yaseen; Demeuova, Lyazat; Viktorovna, Shvedova Irina; Nazym, Bekenova; Al Khateeb, Nashaat Sultan Afif – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
The Multiple-choice (MC) item format is commonly used in educational assessments due to its economy and effectiveness across a variety of content domains. However, numerous studies have examined the quality of MC items in high-stakes and higher-education assessments and found many flawed items, especially in terms of distractors. These faulty…
Descriptors: Test Items, Multiple Choice Tests, Item Response Theory, English (Second Language)
Afsharrad, Mohammad; Pishghadam, Reza; Baghaei, Purya – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
Testing organizations are faced with increasing demand to provide subscores in addition to the total test score. However, psychometricians argue that most subscores do not have added value to be worth reporting. To have added value, subscores need to meet a number of criteria: they should be reliable, distinctive, and distinct from each other and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Scores, Value Added Models, Psychometrics
Tonekaboni, Fateme Roohani; Ravand, Hamdollah; Rezvani, Reza – International Journal of Language Testing, 2021
Investigating the processes underlying test performance is a major source of data supporting the explanation inference in the validity argument (Chappelle, 2021). One way of modeling the cognitive processes underlying test performance is by constructing a Q-matrix, which is essentially about summarizing the attributes explaining test-takers'…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, High Stakes Tests, Inferences
Sheybani, Elias; Zeraatpishe, Mitra – International Journal of Language Testing, 2018
Test method is deemed to affect test scores along with examinee ability (Bachman, 1996). In this research the role of method facet in reading comprehension tests is studied. Bachman divided method facet into five categories, one category is the nature of input and the nature of expected response. This study examined the role of method effect in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Test Items, Test Format
Baghaei, Purya; Dourakhshan, Alireza – International Journal of Language Testing, 2016
The purpose of the present study is to compare the psychometric qualities of canonical single-response multiple-choice items with their double-response counterparts. Thirty, two-response fouroption grammar items for undergraduate students of English were constructed. A second version of the test was constructed by replacing one of the correct…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Factor Analysis
