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Yan, Weili; Siegert, Richard J.; Zhou, Hao; Zou, Xiaobing; Wu, Lijie; Luo, Xuerong; Li, Tingyu; Huang, Yi; Guan, Hongyan; Chen, Xiang; Mao, Meng; Xia, Kun; Zhang, Lan; Li, Erzhen; Li, Chunpei; Zhang, Xudong; Zhou, Yuanfeng; Shih, Andy; Fombonne, Eric; Zheng, Yi; Han, Jisheng; Sun, Zhongsheng; Jiang, Yong-hui; Wang, Yi – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
The recent adaptation of a Chinese parent version of the Autism Spectrum Rating Scale showed the Modified Chinese Autism Spectrum Rating Scale to be reliable and valid for use in China. The aim of this study was to test the Modified Chinese Autism Spectrum Rating Scale for fit to the Rasch model. We analysed data from a previous study of the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Parent Attitudes, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Fernandes, Amanda Careena – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Assessment is an integral part of learning as it is used to gather information about a test-taker. Those in the field of academia, such as educational policy makers, instructors, and administrators are able to use information gathered from tests to further instruction and learning decisions (Baker, 2006; Drianna, 2007; Kasper & Ross, 2013;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Bias, Sex Fairness, English (Second Language)
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Liu, Ou Lydia; Mao, Liyang; Zhao, Tingting; Yang, Yi; Xu, Jun; Wang, Zhen – ETS Research Report Series, 2016
Chinese higher education is experiencing rapid development and growth. With tremendous resources invested in higher education, policy makers have requested more direct evidence of student learning. However, assessment tools that can be used to measure college-level learning are scarce in China. To mitigate this situation, we translated the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Critical Thinking, College Students
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Zhang, Ying; Elder, Catherine – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2009
The College English Test-Spoken English Test is a nationwide spoken English test designed to assess the oral communicative ability of Chinese university and college students who have undertaken compulsory English study at a Chinese university. This article describes the test and evaluates it in terms of reliability, validity, authenticity,…
Descriptors: Test Results, Language Tests, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries
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Cheng, Liying; Qi, Luxia – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2006
Annually in the People's Republic of China (China) several million secondary school graduates who wish to gain entrance to Chinese universities and colleges take the National Matriculation English Test (NMET)--the university entrance test of English for the entire country. This article first describes the test, and then focuses on examining its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, English (Second Language), Language Tests