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Alderson, J. Charles; Kremmel, Benjamin – Language Testing, 2013
"Vocabulary and structural knowledge" (Grabe, 1991, p. 379) appears to be a key component of reading ability. However, is this component to be taken as a unitary one or is structural knowledge a separate factor that can therefore also be tested in isolation in, say, a test of syntax? If syntax can be singled out (e.g. in order to…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Tests, Content Validity, Test Validity
Buell, James G. – 1992
This paper discusses research conducted in the spring of 1991 that measured the relationship of reading subtest scores to teacher ratings of students' reading abilities. Sixty-eight advanced-level students in an intensive English program took an institutional version of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and a specimen reading…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Content Validity, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency

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