In:Meaningful Language Test Scores: Research to enhance score interpretation
Edited by Spiros Papageorgiou and Venessa F. Manna
[Innovations in Language Learning and Assessment 1] 2023
► pp. 171–172
Index
Published online: 29 June 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/illa.1.index
https://doi.org/10.1075/illa.1.index
A
- accountability160, 161
- ACTFL5, 99
- alignment120, 124, 142, 153, 164; See also score mapping
- anchor items81–82, 84; See also scale anchoring
- Angoff method102–105
B
- band scores4, 122, 126, 132, 134, 139
- base test21, 23, 65–66, 71
- beliefs: inaccurate165
- incommensurate165
C
- calibration22–25, 63, 66–67
- Cambridge English Scale7
- Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB)8, 99, 106
- China’s Standards of English Language Ability (CSE)5, 142, 153
- classification: false positive2
- false negative2
- into a level126, 134
- classifications2, 134, 139
- Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)5, 8, 36, 61, 71, 73, 75, 82–83, 87–93, 95–99, 105, 120–39, 141–147, 150–154, 163–165
- common item linking design15, 17–18, 20–21, 23–24, 30–31, 37, 39, 62–63, 76
- Conditional Standard Error of Measurement (CSEM)26, 73–75
- consequences1–2, 9, 81, 160
- construct2, 4–6, 9, 14, 17–18, 22–23, 29, 38, 61–62, 67, 72, 75, 82, 91, 143–144, 162–164, 166
- congruence5, 82, 120, 123, 126–127, 135, 139, 142
- construct-irrelevant factors56, 70
- criterion measure6, 142
- test143, 145
- cut score2, 5–6, 15, 73, 81–82, 87, 99, 101–103, 105–106, 113–115, 120, 126–127, 129–139, 142, 147, 151, 164,
- cutoff scores142, 147, 150, 153, 163; See also cut scores
- decisions: score-based1–3, 6–7, 9, 81, 86, 93, 145, 151, 153, 160
- about readiness to take a test35–36, 58–59, 162
- about vertical linking design15, 20–22, 27, 31, 162
D
- descriptors: CEFR120, 123, 126, 128–129, 135, 163
- language proficiency4–9, 36, 81–83, 85–86, 88–93, 95–98, 109, 141, 163
- performance level descriptors (PLDs)100, 104, 107–110
E
- equating17, 20, 24–25, 27–29, 76, 132, 146–147
F
- facilitator101, 104–105, 107–114, 11–117, 143
G
- Global Scale of English (Pearson)7
I
- item characteristic curves (ICCs)68–70
- item parameter22–25, 29, 51, 63, 65–69, 71–76
J
- just qualified candidate (JQC)126, 130–131, 134
L
- language proficiency framework4, 5, 9, 93, 120, 123, 129, 134–135, 153, 163
- linear transformation21, 23, 63, 67
M
- mode delivery50, 55–56
- multi-stage adaptive test (MST)121, 141, 144
O
- outlier test items67–70, 146
P
- pandemic99, 101, 104–106, 117, 121, 125, 127, 137, 139
- panelists99–117, 124–127, 129–132,134–138, 143
- p-value81–82, 85–88
S
- scale anchoring4–9, 80–85, 87, 89, 92–93, 163
- scale indeterminacy23, 29, 63
- scaling: test16–21, 38, 62
- IRT20–23, 25, 61, 65, 67, 76
- score: concordance6, 8–9, 141–148, 150, 152–154, 164-166
- interpretation1–9, 15, 25, 36, 80, 82–84, 91–93, 120, 134, 141–142, 152–154, 158–160, 164–166
- misinterpretation161–165
- mapping4–6, 8–9, 36, 80, 82–83, 87, 91–93, 99–105, 116, 120, 122–123, 133–139, 141–144, 150–154, 159, 163–164
- numeric4, 80–81, 85, 92, 141
- standard setting5, 8 , 73, 82, 99–108, 110–117, 120–121, 124–127, 129–139, 141–143, 154
- method102, 105- 108, 11–113, 120, 124, 126, 135
- subject matter experts (SMEs)82, 84, 88
T
- test characteristic curve (TCC)24–26, 67–69
- theta (test taker ability)26, 71–75
- TOEFL: Family2, 7–8, 35–40, 45, 49, 58–59, 61–65, 67–76, 80
- Essentials4, 8, 37, 61, 80, 120–135, 138–139, 63
- iBT2, 4, 35–38, 43, 45, 48, 53–56 66, 68, 71–72, 74–76, 80–81, 83–93, 137, 142–143, 145, 147, 153, 163
- ITP35–38, 43, 45–46, 48, 52–59, 61, 66–72, 74–76, 80, 83, 85, 141, 144–153
- Junior35–38, 40–42, 48–53, 56–59, 61, 66–71, 74–75, 80
- Primary35–38, 40–41, 43, 48–51, 59, 61, 66–68, 70, 72, 74–75, 80
- Proplacer8, 141–153, 164
- TOEIC5, 166
- Reading and Listening8, 105
- Bridge8, 105–106
V
- validity: argument-based validation2–3
- procedural validity100, 102–103, 109, 114, 117, 135
- internal validity135
- external validity135
- vertical linking items29, 35–39, 46, 48–53, 55–56, 58–59, 62–63, 65–71
