Can the C-Test Be Improved with Classical Item Analysis?.

Jafarpur, A.

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ERIC Number: EJ589712

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Publication Date: 1999

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Can the C-Test Be Improved with Classical Item Analysis?

Jafarpur, A.

System, v27 n1 p79-89 Mar 1999

Examines whether a defect of the C-test can be avoided by constructing a C-test with five texts and 126 items. The test was tried with 146 Iranian English majors. On the basis of item analysis, a tailored C-test with 100 items was developed and tried with 60 other subjects. Results show no gains were made with the classical item analysis. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Item Analysis, Language Tests, Majors (Students), Second Language Learning, Test Construction, Test Items, Testing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Iran

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