Abstract There has been a growing call for listening to test-takers’ voices across diverse assessment contexts. Within classroom (CA), however, on ethics are under-researched in the high school context of Iran. Hence, this study purported disclose Iranian ( n = 15) perceptions ethical requirements CA. For purpose, systematic thematic coding approach (constant-comparative method) was used analyz...

Two independent statistical tests of item compromise are presented, one based on the test takers’ responses and other their response times (RTs) same items. The can be used to monitor an in real time during online continuous testing but also applicable as part post hoc forensic analysis. two statistics simple intuitive quantities sum RTs observed for takers item. Common features ease interpreta...

The accessibility of video technology has made it possible to utilize both the auditory and visual channels to present listening texts in the second language (L2) classroom and on L2 listening tests. However, there has been little research investigating the extent to which L2 listeners actually watch the video monitor when presented with a listening video text. The current study investigated te...

abstract this study scrutinized the interaction between linguistic and strategic variables in reading comprehension test performance of iranian efl learners. to this end, the interaction among the participants’ reading comprehension test performance, use of test-taking strategies, and level of language proficiency was analyzed. the participants comprised 286 students who answered a reading comp...

Providing information to test takers and test score users about the abilities of test takers at different score levels has been a persistent problem in educational and psychological measurement (Carroll, 1993). Scale anchoring (Beaton & Allen, 1992), a technique that describes what students at different points on a score scale know and can do, is a tool to provide such information. Scale anchor...

There has been an increasing interest in recent years in developing and using computer-based tests in educational assessment. To replace pap er-based tests with computer-based ones, the standa rds for developing computerized-assessme nt (International Test Commission., 2004 ) requires equivalent test scores to be established for the new computer-based test and the conventional paper-based test....

This study aims to investigate the effects of working memory span on listening tests that do not include preview questions. In the first test session, question stems and answer options were only provided through oral input. However, in the second session, the same 31 test takers were allowed to read the question stems and answer options in a multiple-choice listening test. The gap score between...

This paper reports the findings of a study that investigated why large number test-takers show low performance in four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) offered an entry test used by College Technology Oman to place students advanced diploma bachelor’s degree programs. The main research question was meant find out what difficulties takers face three tests (Listening, t...