Test Specifications and Blueprints: Reality and Expectations

Abstract: This study investigates to what extend do teachers of English as a school subject (ESS) in Saudi schools follow recommendations and guidelines suggested by language testing specialists in developing tables of specifications and preparing blueprints to their formative and summative language tests. To answer the study questions, a thirteen-statement Likert-scale questionnaire was developed and validated. The questionnaire was completed by 199 female and male ESS teachers in Saudi schools with different years of experience who teach ESS in public and private schools to intermediate and high school level students. The results indicated that the study participants rarely follow the recommended guidelines in preparing their test specifications and blueprints. It was also found that the participants usually prepare their tests without prior planning. They do not specify in advance language skills and elements they are going to include in their tests or the scoring methods they are going t

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: International Journal of Instruction ; 11 (2017) 1 ; 195-210

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2017
• Creator: AlFallay, Ibrahim S.

Further information

• DOI: 10.12973/iji.2018.11114a
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019072015425541309450
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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