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Direct linkSasaki, Miyuki – Language Testing in Asia, 2018
Background: This study investigates how the criterion-referenced (CR) approach has impacted relationships between goals, classroom practices, and student achievement in English education in Japan from 1994 to the present, a period covering three government-mandated administrations of a national curriculum (Course of Study). No study has…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement
Holster, Trevor A.; Lake, J. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2016
Stewart questioned Beglar's use of Rasch analysis of the Vocabulary Size Test (VST) and advocated the use of 3-parameter logistic item response theory (3PLIRT) on the basis that it models a non-zero lower asymptote for items, often called a "guessing" parameter. In support of this theory, Stewart presented fit statistics derived from…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Item Response Theory, Vocabulary, Language Tests
Kumazawa, Takaaki – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Although classroom assessment is one of the most frequent practices carried out by teachers in all educational programs, limited research has been conducted to investigate the dependability and validity of criterion-referenced tests (CRTs). The main purpose of this study is to develop a criterion-referenced test for first-year Japanese university…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Test Construction, Test Validity, English (Second Language)
