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Download full textde Jong, John H. A. L. – 1982
The development and validation of a test of listening comprehension for English as a second language at the Dutch National Institute for Educational Measurement (Cito) is described. The test uses two distinct item formats: true-false items and modified cloze items with two options. Both item formats were found to measure foreign language listening…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
de Jong, John H. A. L. – Toegepaste taalwetenschap in artikelen 20, 1984
A study investigated the validity of an English listening skills test by comparing the results of native American and British English speakers with those of Dutch students of English as a second language. A hypothesis suggested that two-thirds of the items would test listening skills and the remaining third would test other knowledge. Test results…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Educational Background
de Jong, John H. A. L. – Taaltoetsen: Toegepaste taalwetenschapin artikelen 31, 1988
The one-parameter psychometric model known as the Rasch model is described and examined. The basic principles underlying the model and the concepts of unidimensionality, local stochastic independence, and additivity are explained in non-mathematical terms. The requirements of measurement procedures, the measurement of latent traits, the control on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), French, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests
de Jong, John H. A. L. – 1983
The Rasch model for test analysis is a latent-trait model, which specifies the relationship between observable test performance and the unobservable traits or abilities assumed under test performance. In most cases, the test constructor has no clue as to whether the latent traits postulated by the model are indeed the abilities he wants to…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Cloze Procedure, Correlation, English (Second Language)
de Jong, John H. A. L. – 1985
In 1983, in the Netherlands' highly differentiated school system, two types of curriculum representing different ability levels were combined as a first step towards a more heterogeneous grouping of student abilities. A study of one aspect of the results of this change compared over 1000 samples of English and German second language listening…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design
de Jong, John H. A. L. – 1984
The Netherlands' secondary education system is highly differentiated, with four different school types for four scholastic ability levels. Final examinations must accommodate these four levels, and require a test-independent definition of the intended final ability levels as well as a sample-free evaluation of the range of ability levels at which…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Efficiency, Equated Scores, Foreign Countries
de Jong, John H. A. L.; Stoyanova, Fellyanka – 1994
A study of item response theory in language testing research investigated the influence of sample size on (1) the statistical test of data-model fit and (2) the invariance of parameter estimates. Data were drawn from a 1993 administration of the examination of Dutch as a second language to about a thousand candidates, using results from only the…
Descriptors: Dutch, Foreign Countries, Item Response Theory, Language Research
Peer reviewedde Jong, John H. A. L. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1986
This study examines the effect of changes in the secondary education system of the Netherlands, with particular attention to MAVO as the lowest level of general education. The conclusion is made that these changes have had a negative effect on the final ability level attained by the students concerned. (LMO)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Equated Scores, Foreign Countries
