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Direct linkSpaan, Mary – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2007
This article follows the development of test items (see "Language Assessment Quarterly", Volume 3 Issue 1, pp. 71-79 for the article "Test and Item Specifications Development"), beginning with a review of test and item specifications, then proceeding to writing and editing of items, pretesting and analysis, and finally selection of an item for a…
Descriptors: Test Items, Test Construction, Responses, Test Content
Spaan, Mary – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2006
This article provides practical advice on the development of test and item specifications. Because my experience has been with English as a second or foreign language, most examples are taken from this field, although they can be applied to other language tests. The article first discusses steps in the process of test development, including…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Language Tests, Language Skills, Test Construction
