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worldwide than any other test to assess English proficiency
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This reference volume provides a detailed description and analysis of the Educational Testing Service's research and development efforts to develop an important review of the TOEFL® test. The result is a book that serves as a case study of test design based on theory in the complex domain of English language proficiency while attempting to meet educational measurement standards.
Constructing a validity argument for the test of English as a foreign language ™ is distinctive in its attempt to develop a coherent history of the rationale for a test or its review, explain the research and development process, and provide the results of the validation process. Through the treatment of a test, it expands and tests the principles and approaches of educational measurement, providing a deep and integrated perspective on the general process of reviewing the test. In addition, given that the conceptual basis and history are presented together with the empirical studies and the validity argument, these sometimes disparate areas are presented in a way that demonstrates their connections, an approach that represents a deviation or extension of conventional materials. in the review of the test.
This volume is particularly relevant for professionals and postgraduate students in educational measurement, applied linguistics and acquisition of second languages, as well as for anyone interested in evaluation issues.
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