Applying Item Response Theory in Language Test Item Bank Building

Name: Applying Item Response Theory in Language Test Item Bank Building
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Author: Gábor Szabó
ISBN: 978-3-653-01167-8

Szabó, Gábor

Applying Item Response Theory in Language Test Item Bank Building

by Gábor Szabó (Author)

Linguistics

Series: Language Testing and Evaluation, Volume 10

Summary

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.

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Pages: 194
Year: 2008
ISBN (PDF): 9783653011678
ISBN (Softcover): 9783631568514
DOI: 10.3726/978-3-653-01167-8
Language: English
Publication date: 2012 (February)
Keywords: Item banking Fremdsprachenlernen Sprachtest Language testing Item Response Theory Rasch-model Probabilistische Testtheorie
Published: Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2008. 194 pp., num. tables and graphs

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Gábor Szabó (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.

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