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A Rasch-based approach for comparison of English reading comprehension between two important English language tests, i.e., The General English Proficiency Test (GEPT) in Taiwan and College English Test (CET) in China mainland. A total of 141 students of non-English majors of Jiaxing University were chosen to take a reading comprehension test with mixed test items from both GEPT and CET. There were three passages with 15 questions from GEPT (High-intermediate) and three passages with 15 questions from CET (Band 4), respectively, totalling to 30 questions. All the data were collected and processed using GiTest 3+, comparing both student ability and test difficulty. The results show that the test has a mean score of 16.39, with 55 % of the answers correct, indicating it is a medium-level test, and the standard deviation is 3.66 against the expected standard deviation of 4.48, having a range of 17, indicating that the scores are well distributed. On the whole, the distribution of the scores is negatively skewed. The standard error of measurement is ±2.34. The reading comprehension test items of both examinations are well moderated and thus well calibrated. |
