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Autor:
Robert F. Boldt, Rosalea Courtney
Publikováno v:
ETS Research Report Series. 1997:i-21
This project consisted of a survey of practices and standards in the use of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL®) and attempted to learn the processes by which these standards were developed. By “standards” we mean the information a
Autor:
Roy Freedle, Robert F. Boldt
Publikováno v:
ETS Research Report Series. 1996:i-19
Several studies that attempted to predict item difficulty using linear weighted composites have been done at ETS and elsewhere. The variables in the composites were coded item characteristics. The validity of these predictions was evaluated using mul
Autor:
Philip K. Oltman, Robert F. Boldt
Publikováno v:
ETS Research Report Series. 1993:i-21
Administration of the Test of Spoken English (TSE) yields tapes of oral performance on items within six sections of the test. Trained scorers subsequently rate responses using four proficiency scales: pronunciation, grammar, fluency, and overall comp
Autor:
Robert F. Boldt
Publikováno v:
ETS Research Report Series. 1993:i-27
Previous research has shown that a single factor, factor being used in the sense of factor analysis, gave a very good account of item covariances within TOEFL® sections. This result is consistent with the assumption that the product of a person para
Autor:
Robert F. Boldt
Publikováno v:
ETS Research Report Series. 1992:i-22
The Test of Spoken English (TSE) is an internationally administered instrument for assessing nonnative speakers' proficiency in speaking English. The research foundation of the TSE® examination is currently described in the Manual for Score Users. T
Publikováno v:
ETS Research Report Series. 1992:i-48
The purpose of this study was to align verbal descriptions of test takers' language performance with distributions of the numerical scores they received on the three sections (Listening Comprehension, Structure and Written Expression, and Reading Com
Autor:
Robert F. Boldt
Publikováno v:
ETS Research Report Series. 1991:i-22
In a previous research study, factor analyses of TOEFL section item correlations (phi-coefficients) yielded a single factor in each section. This result is consistent with the assumption that, within sections, the item response curves are proportiona
Autor:
Robert F. Boldt
Publikováno v:
Language Testing. 6:123-142
Equating studies support the use of IRT methods for TOEFL equating, but there remains a discrepancy between IRT assumptions and diversity of the population served. The model assumes that a single latent proficiency variable underlies item performance
Autor:
Robert F. Boldt
Publikováno v:
Educational and Psychological Measurement. 34:57-61
One formulation of confidence scoring requires the examinee to indicate as a number his personal probability of the correctness of each alternative in a multiple-choice test. For this formulation, a linear transformation of the logarithm of the perso
Autor:
Robert F. Boldt
Publikováno v:
Educational and Psychological Measurement. 28:47-60