What to look for in ESL admission tests: Cambridge certificate exams, IELTS, and TOEFL  

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Chalhoub-Deville, Micheline

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: SYSTEM: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 28 no. 4 (Dec. 2000), page 523-539.
Topik: Examination; Teaching; Cambridge exams; Test-users; TOEFL; IELTS
Fulltext: Chalhoub-Deville_Micheline.pdf (126.04KB)

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The article is intended to familiarize test-users with the issues they need to consider when employing assessments for screening/admission purposes. The article examines the purpose, content, and scoring methods of three English as a second language admission tests Ð the Cambridge certi®cate exams, International English Language Testing System, and Test of English as a foreign language-computer-based test Ð and discusses reliability and validity considerations salient to each instrument. The validity and reliability discussion is guided by the ``Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing'' (1999). The article indicates that the scores obtained from these assessments are used to help make critical decisions that a?ect test-takers' lives. It is critical, therefore, that these scores provide high quality information. Developers of large-scale tests such as those reviewed in the present article have the respon- sibility to: construct instruments that meet professional standards; continue to investigate the properties of their instruments and the ensuing scores; and make test manuals, user guides and research documents available to the public. Test-users also have a responsibility. Test- users need to be cognizant of the properties of the instruments they employ and ensure appropriate interpretation and use of test scores provided. Test-users need to carry out local investigations to make sure that their admission requirements are based on an informed

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