Applying Item Response Theory in Language Test Item Bank Building

Item Response Theory, though it has become a widely recognized tool in language testing research, is still not used frequently in practical language assessment projects. This book intends to provide a theoretical overview as well as to give practical guidance concerning the application of IRT in item bank building in a language testing context by presenting a particular project in a higher education setting.

List of contents

Contents: Measurement Theory - General Concerns - Educational Measurement - Classical Test Theory - Item Response Theory (IRT) - Applications of Measurement Theory in Language Testing - Building a Language Testing Item Bank at UP.

About the author

The Author: Gábor Szabó is Assistant Professor at the Department of English Applied Linguistics at the University of Pécs (Hungary). He has been advisor to the ECL examination system and has been involved in various other national and international language assessment projects. He is currently member of the Hungarian Accreditation Board for Foreign Language Examinations.

Product details

• Authors: Gábor Szabó
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2007
• EAN: 9783631568514
• ISBN: 978-3-631-56851-4
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 10 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 270 g
• Series: Language Testing and Evaluation
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics