Frustrations with traditional testing led a group of teachers at the English for adults program at Universidad EAFIT (Colombia) to design tests aligned with the institutional teaching philosophy and classroom practices. This article reports on a study of an item-by-item evaluation of a series of English exams for validity and reliability in an effort to guarantee the quality of the process of test design. The study included descriptive statistics, item analysis, correlational analyses, reliability estimates, and validity analyses. The results show that the new tests are an excellent addition to the program and an improvement over traditional tests. Implications are discussed and recommendations given for the development of any institutional...
Tesis (Magíster en Enseñanza del Inglés como Lengua Extranjera)En los últimos años, la población chi...
In 2005, the Colombian National Ministry of Education developed a nationwide program to improve and ...
The present article examined the extent of construct validity of a final achievement test given to E...
Frustrations with traditional testing led a group of teachers at the English for adults program at U...
En el año 2005, el Ministerio de Educación Nacional (MEN) de Colombia desarrolló un programa a nive...
No existe una única forma correcta de evaluar el aprendizaje de un idioma y ​​la elecció...
In 2005, Colombia’s Ministry of National Education developed a nationwide program to improve the tea...
El studio investiga la idoneidad de las pruebas de idioma para contribuir no solo a mejorar los proc...
This article reports the results of an eight-week action research study of a university classroom in...
This reflection paper disseminates the design and implementation of an English placement test for fi...
This article reports a mixed-method research project aimed at improving the practices of public sect...
This article reports the progress of a study made in one and a half academic semesters, between 2009...
The English Language Institute (ELl) at the University of Hawai'i regularly offers seven courses in ...
Classroom assessment is an integral part of the language learning process and a powerful informed de...
Classroom assessment is an integral part of the language learning process and a powerful informed de...
Tesis (Magíster en Enseñanza del Inglés como Lengua Extranjera)En los últimos años, la población chi...
In 2005, the Colombian National Ministry of Education developed a nationwide program to improve and ...
The present article examined the extent of construct validity of a final achievement test given to E...
Frustrations with traditional testing led a group of teachers at the English for adults program at U...
En el año 2005, el Ministerio de Educación Nacional (MEN) de Colombia desarrolló un programa a nive...
No existe una única forma correcta de evaluar el aprendizaje de un idioma y ​​la elecció...
In 2005, Colombia’s Ministry of National Education developed a nationwide program to improve the tea...
El studio investiga la idoneidad de las pruebas de idioma para contribuir no solo a mejorar los proc...
This article reports the results of an eight-week action research study of a university classroom in...
This reflection paper disseminates the design and implementation of an English placement test for fi...
This article reports a mixed-method research project aimed at improving the practices of public sect...
This article reports the progress of a study made in one and a half academic semesters, between 2009...
The English Language Institute (ELl) at the University of Hawai'i regularly offers seven courses in ...
Classroom assessment is an integral part of the language learning process and a powerful informed de...
Classroom assessment is an integral part of the language learning process and a powerful informed de...
Tesis (Magíster en Enseñanza del Inglés como Lengua Extranjera)En los últimos años, la población chi...
In 2005, the Colombian National Ministry of Education developed a nationwide program to improve and ...
The present article examined the extent of construct validity of a final achievement test given to E...