Investigating the Reliability of the Reading Module of the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology’s English Proficiency Test
- سال انتشار: 1404
- محل انتشار: مجله آموزش و یادگیری زبان انگلیسی، دوره: 17، شماره: 35
- کد COI اختصاصی: JR_ELT-17-35_001
- زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
- تعداد مشاهده: 6
نویسندگان
Assistant Professor, English Department, Science and Arts University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran
Assistant Professor, English Department, Science and Arts University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran
MA. in ELT, Science and Arts University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran
چکیده
As a national high-stakes test of English proficiency, MSRT needs further scrutiny of reliability. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate different sources of variation that may impact the MSRT test-takers’ reading comprehension. Accordingly, some factors including the reading topics, item types, and participants’ general proficiency were delved into based on the scores obtained from ۶۰ MSRT prospective candidates. Upon administering a sample of the reading subtest taken from a recent version of MSRT, the collected data was dichotomously scored and then analyzed in terms of internal consistency, inter-correlations, and causal patterns. The yielded results showed an overall reliability of ۰.۸۶ for the reading module, while a moderate interrelationship was obtained amongst the passages (r = ۰.۴۷) as well as the item types (r = ۰.۴۴). Furthermore, the Mixed ANOVA results demonstrated that topic and item type significantly affected the reading performance, whereas the proficiency factor did not play a conspicuous role in distinguishing the participants’ reading accomplishment. Both theoretically and operationally, the results reported through this study may stress the need for reconsidering the influence of such test-method facets as topic and item type in the MSRT reading subtest to upgrade the test’s unidimensionality and fairness.کلیدواژه ها
MSRT reading, Test reliability, Topic effect, Item type, Test biasاطلاعات بیشتر در مورد COI
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