Articulating and Evaluating Validity Arguments for the "TOEIC"® Tests. Research Report. ETS RR-17-51

Autor/in	Schmidgall, Jonathan E.
Titel	Articulating and Evaluating Validity Arguments for the "TOEIC"® Tests. Research Report. ETS RR-17-51
Quelle	In: ETS Research Report Series, (2017), (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2330-8516
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Language Tests; Second Language Learning; Test Use; Construct Validity; Test Validity; Guidelines; Evidence; Test Reliability; Test of English for International Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language test; Sprachtest; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Testanwendung; Testvalidität; Richtlinien; Evidenz; Testreliabilität
Abstract	This report provides a brief overview of how the "TOEIC"® program has adopted an argument-based approach to validity in order to support the use of the TOEIC tests. This approach emphasizes the need to explicitly state claims about the measurement quality and intended use of a test and to support those claims with evidence. This report briefly summarizes how the assessment use argument (AUA) exemplifies this approach and was used to construct validity arguments for the TOEIC tests. After highlighting the practical applications of the validity arguments that were constructed, it highlights challenges associated with this work and proposes several extensions. Overall, this process demonstrates how TOEIC research takes a broad, critical, and rigorous approach to support the use of the TOEIC tests. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01