Test Construction and Validation : Case Description of Constructing and Validating a Test of English for Teaching Purposes

by Hock, Ildiko

• ISBN13: 9789630580335
• ISBN10: 9630580330
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Intl Specialized Book Service Inc
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Summary

This book is especially useful for those examination boards that are involved in the same process of test construction and who are eager to prove the validity of their newly developed examination systems to accreditation boards or to the general public.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Structure of the book	p. 12
The Baseline Study
Rationale for research	p. 15
Literature review	p. 18
Description of preliminary research	p. 31
Description of baseline study	p. 35
Description of results	p. 43
Test Development
Development of construct	p. 65
From needs analysis to specifications	p. 75
Test specifications	p. 98
Further stages of test development	p. 108
Test Validation
Literature review	p. 123
The validation process	p. 131
Consistency and accuracy of measurement 1: Analysing the Use of English Section	p. 148
Consistency and accuracy of measurement 2: Analysing the Oral Section	p. 173
Conclusion	p. 189
References	p. 197
Observation checklist and results	p. 207
Final questionnaire with results	p. 210
Specifications - First Draft	p. 214
Specifications - Final Draft	p. 224
Oral Tasks - Final Draft	p. 231
Use of English Paper - Draft One	p. 234
Use of English Paper - Final Draft	p. 239
TETP Marking Scheme	p. 247
The revised version of the Use of English Paper	p. 250
Item level statistics	p. 258
List of Tables	p. 274
List of Figures	p. 275
List of Abbreviations	p. 276
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