Versant English Test: Test Description and Validation Summary
Versant English Test: Test Description and Validation Summary
Versant English Test: Test Description and Validation Summary
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Contents<br />
1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................3<br />
2. <strong>Test</strong> <strong>Description</strong>......................................................................................................................3<br />
<strong>Test</strong> Format...............................................................................................................................................3<br />
Part A: Reading ....................................................................................................................................3<br />
Part B: Repeat......................................................................................................................................4<br />
Part C: Short Answer Questions ..........................................................................................................5<br />
Part D: Sentence Builds .......................................................................................................................5<br />
Part E: Story Retelling ..........................................................................................................................6<br />
Part F: Open Questions........................................................................................................................6<br />
Number of Items .......................................................................................................................................6<br />
<strong>Test</strong> Administration ...................................................................................................................................7<br />
Telephone Administration.....................................................................................................................7<br />
Computer Administration......................................................................................................................7<br />
<strong>Test</strong> Construct...........................................................................................................................................8<br />
3. Content Design <strong>and</strong> Development ......................................................................................10<br />
Vocabulary Selection ..............................................................................................................................10<br />
Item Development...................................................................................................................................10<br />
4. Scoring...................................................................................................................................11<br />
Score Use ...............................................................................................................................................13<br />
Score Interpretation ................................................................................................................................13<br />
5. <strong>Validation</strong>...............................................................................................................................17<br />
Native <strong>and</strong> Non-native Group Performance ...........................................................................................17<br />
Correlations Among Subscores..............................................................................................................18<br />
Scoring Precision <strong>and</strong> Reliability ............................................................................................................19<br />
Correlations Between the <strong>Versant</strong> <strong>English</strong> <strong>Test</strong> <strong>and</strong> Human Scores.....................................................20<br />
Correlations with Other <strong>English</strong> Language <strong>Test</strong>s ...................................................................................21<br />
Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................23<br />
6. About the Company..............................................................................................................24<br />
7. References.............................................................................................................................24<br />
8. Appendix: <strong>Test</strong> Paper <strong>and</strong> Instructions ..............................................................................26<br />
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