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Direct linkFan, Jinsong; Jin, Yan – Language Testing in Asia, 2013
English language testing has been developing with great momentum in China in the past two decades. However, little research is existent as to how these English tests are developed, administered, and used. This study reported a survey of English language testing practice in the Chinese context through empirically examining the testing practice of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
PDF pending restorationBritish Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1974
This bibliography is divided into four main sections. The first section cites bibliographies dealing with language testing, while the second and third sections deal with books and articles in the same area. A fourth section lists test distributors' catalogues. Entries include publications from many countries. Most entries have been published since…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Educational Testing, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Gross, Susan; Stevenson, Jose W. – Spectrum, 1986
Presents the preliminary results of a comparison of Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) and conventional testing of English competency for students with limited English proficiency. The CAT procedure, which uses computers and a measurement theory known as Item Response Theory (IRT), provides several benefits that traditional paper and pencil…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedDieterich, Thomas G.; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
Summarizes some of the findings of recent study of tests designed to determine the English language proficiency of nonnative speakers. (CFM)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, English (Second Language), Evaluation, Language Dominance
Download full textBailey, Alison L.; Huang, Becky H.; Shin, Hye Won; Farnsworth, Tim; Butler, Frances A. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2007
Within an evidentiary framework for operationally defining academic English language proficiency (AELP), linguistic analyses of standards, classroom discourse, and textbooks have led to specifications for assessment of AELP. The test development process described here is novel due to the emphasis on using linguistic profiles to inform the …
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Reading Comprehension, Textbooks, English (Second Language)
Filimon, David J. – 1976
As part of the current trend toward adopting modern, objective-standardized test methods in evaluating the teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) in the schools of the Socialist Republic of Romania, this review of pedagogical literature makes available to the English-reading audience information that has appeared in Romanian materials.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Students, Educational Testing, English (Second Language)
Page, B. W.; And Others – 1970
The state of the art of language testing in England is examined through the conference proceedings presented in this text. The nine chapters, written by individual authors, include discussion of the General Certificate of Education examinations, nonschool examinations, oral tests, research by examining boards, continuous assessment, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Conference Reports
