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Direct linkCarrie L. Bonilla – Hispania, 2024
This article details the challenges and best practices of evaluating second language learners for placement into postsecondary Spanish language courses. The literature on testing for placement purposes in second language acquisition and language testing provides a great deal of insight, but language programs must make many decisions as well that…
Descriptors: Spanish, Language Tests, Placement Tests, Test Validity
De Backer, Fauve; Baele, Judith; van Avermaet, Piet; Slembrouck, Stef – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
One of the greatest assessment challenges is providing fair and valid tests for multilingual pupils. Since language proficiency impacts their results on content tests, accommodations are suggested to help in solving the validity issues. In this mixed methods study on multilingual assessment, pupils were divided according to three testing…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Testing Accommodations, Student Attitudes, Language Proficiency
Download full textFives, Helenrose; DiDonato-Barnes, Nicole – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2013
Classroom tests provide teachers with essential information used to make decisions about instruction and student grades. A table of specification (TOS) can be used to help teachers frame the decision making process of test construction and improve the validity of teachers' evaluations based on tests constructed for classroom use. In this article…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Test Construction, Test Content, Teacher Made Tests
Peer reviewedDay, Susan C.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990
This study attempted to establish the validity of an essay test of clinical judgment by defining the domain of clinical judgment and operationalizing this definition in a 12-item essay examination administered to 98 residents in internal medicine. The relationship between essay scores and other measures of competence was then examined and the…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Decision Making
Buser, Karen – 1996
Most seasoned test developers recognize the importance of thoughtful decision making when constructing a test. Unfortunately, many classroom achievement tests are created by novice test developed who have not received sufficient instruction in item writing (G. Gulliksen, 1986; R. J. Stiggins, 1991). The result is often a test that is poorly…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Evaluation Methods
Stone, Elizabeth – 1993
The Career Interest Inventory is a paper-and-pencil, self-report career guidance instrument that is designed to assist students in grades 7 through 12 and adults with career decisions. It can be administered to individuals or groups and alone or in combination with the Differential Aptitude Test. It is available in machine-scored and hand-scorable…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Choice, Career Counseling
