Item and task difficulty in a B2 reading examination: perceptions of test-takers and CEFR alignment experts compared with psychometric measurements
The article presents a study of a CEFR B2-level reading subtest that is part of the Slovenian national secondary school leaving examination in English as a foreign language, and compares the test-taker actual performance (objective difficulty) with the test-taker and expert perceptions of item diffi...
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| description | The article presents a study of a CEFR B2-level reading subtest that is part of the Slovenian national secondary school leaving examination in English as a foreign language, and compares the test-taker actual performance (objective difficulty) with the test-taker and expert perceptions of item difficulty (subjective difficulty). The study also analyses the test-takers’ comments on item difficulty obtained from a while-reading questionnaire. The results are discussed in the framework of the existing research in the fields of (the assessment of) reading comprehension, and are addressed with regard to their implications for item-writing, FL teaching and curriculum development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a442f862af54899869cd40af39375b42022-12-22T03:53:12ZdeuEdiciones ComplutenseCírculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación1576-47372016-09-016710.5209/CLAC.53487Item and task difficulty in a B2 reading examination: perceptions of test-takers and CEFR alignment experts compared with psychometric measurementsAndrej Stopar0Gašper Ilc1University of LjubljanaUniversity of LjubljanaThe article presents a study of a CEFR B2-level reading subtest that is part of the Slovenian national secondary school leaving examination in English as a foreign language, and compares the test-taker actual performance (objective difficulty) with the test-taker and expert perceptions of item difficulty (subjective difficulty). The study also analyses the test-takers’ comments on item difficulty obtained from a while-reading questionnaire. The results are discussed in the framework of the existing research in the fields of (the assessment of) reading comprehension, and are addressed with regard to their implications for item-writing, FL teaching and curriculum development.https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CLAC/article/view/53487reading comprehensiondifficulty perceptionCEFR alignment judgespsychometric measurement |
| spellingShingle | Andrej Stopar Gašper Ilc Item and task difficulty in a B2 reading examination: perceptions of test-takers and CEFR alignment experts compared with psychometric measurements Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación reading comprehension difficulty perception CEFR alignment judges psychometric measurement |
| title | Item and task difficulty in a B2 reading examination: perceptions of test-takers and CEFR alignment experts compared with psychometric measurements |
| title_full | Item and task difficulty in a B2 reading examination: perceptions of test-takers and CEFR alignment experts compared with psychometric measurements |
| title_fullStr | Item and task difficulty in a B2 reading examination: perceptions of test-takers and CEFR alignment experts compared with psychometric measurements |
| title_full_unstemmed | Item and task difficulty in a B2 reading examination: perceptions of test-takers and CEFR alignment experts compared with psychometric measurements |
| title_short | Item and task difficulty in a B2 reading examination: perceptions of test-takers and CEFR alignment experts compared with psychometric measurements |
| title_sort | item and task difficulty in a b2 reading examination perceptions of test takers and cefr alignment experts compared with psychometric measurements |
| topic | reading comprehension difficulty perception CEFR alignment judges psychometric measurement |
| url | https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CLAC/article/view/53487 |
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