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Download full textRümeysa Kaya; Bayram Çetin – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2025
In this study, the cut-off scores obtained from the Angoff, Angoff Y/N, Nedelsky and Ebel standard methods were compared with the 50 T score and the current cut-off score in various aspects. Data were collected from 448 students who took Module B1+ English Exit Exam IV and 14 experts. It was seen that while the Nedelsky method gave the lowest…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Cutting Scores, Exit Examinations, Academic Achievement
Sivakorn Tangsakul; Kornwipa Poonpon – rEFLections, 2024
Given the significant global influence of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (CEFR) on English language education, this study deals with aligning a university's academic reading tests to the CEFR. It aimed at validating the test construct of the academic reading tests in relation to the…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Reading Tests, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Sridhanyarat, Kietnawin; Pathong, Supakarn; Suranakkharin, Todsapon; Ammaralikit, Amornrat – English Language Teaching, 2021
This study aimed at developing the Silpakorn Test of English Proficiency (STEP), in alignment with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), and in accordance with the theoretical framework established by Alderson et al. (2006). Four major steps were involved in the test construction. First, English language lecturers who…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Direct linkHarsch, Claudia; Kanistra, Voula Paraskevi – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2020
We report on a standard-setting project in which the Item-Descriptor-Matching Method (IDM) and a complementary benchmarking approach were employed to align a suite of English language proficiency exams to the "Common European Framework of Reference" (CEFR), with a particular focus on the integrated and independent writing exams. Judges'…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Guidelines, Rating Scales, Definitions
Wudthayagorn, Jirada – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2018
The purpose of this study was to map the Chulalongkorn University Test of English Proficiency, or the CU-TEP, to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) by employing a standard setting methodology. Thirteen experts judged 120 items of the CU-TEP using the Yes/No Angoff technique. The experts decided whether or not a borderline student at…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Rating Scales, English (Second Language), Language Tests
Fitzpatrick, Steven J.; And Others – 1994
In 1991 the Measurement and Evaluation Center of the University of Texas at Austin was asked to develop a test for credit by examination in four lower division courses in Japanese. The test (in Japanese) was constructed from locally developed items provided by instructors of Japanese. The developed test consisted of 80 items distributed among…
Descriptors: College Students, Cutting Scores, Equivalency Tests, Higher Education
