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ELT Journal 1999 53(4):289-299; doi:10.1093/elt/53.4.289
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Computerizing an English language placement test

Glenn Fulcher

Currently Director of the English Language Institute at the University of Surrey. He has worked in EFL abroad and in the United Kingdom since 1982, gaining his MA in 1985 and his PhD in language testing from the University of Lancaster in 1993. E-mail: g.fulcher@surrey.ac.uk Resources in Language Testing WWW page: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ELI/ltr.html

This article considers the computerization of an English language placement test for delivery on the World Wide Web (WWW). It describes a pilot study to investigate potential bias against students who lack computer familiarity or have negative attitudes towards technology, and assesses the usefulness of the test as a placement instrument by comparing the accuracy of placement with a pencil-and-paper form of the test. The article focuses upon the process of considering (and discounting) rival hypotheses to explain the meaning of test scores in the validation process.


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