owledgein a given area” (Brown, 1994). A test is a method which has established principlesand procedures for the development，administration, scoring and evaluation of the test.In either precise terms or broad and inexact terms, test can be used to measure, toquantify individuals’ abilities or knowledge. A test is normally prepared for group oftest-takers so that the test designers should have profound knowledge about test-takers.General language proficiency, lexical and grammatical knowledge, or productive orreceptive skills which are non-observable are measured in language testing.
The classification of language test has not had a international consensus so far.Broadly speaking, in educational settings, the categorization of language test dependson the criteria of classification which actually can be determined by the purposes ofthe given classification. Thus, the result of classification is got by the rules orpurposes of classification. We can classify language test in terms of the criteria for theinterpretation of test scores, in terms of what is to be measured, and in terms of thedelivery formats of the test.
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework ...................................35-40
3.1 General Procedures of Language Test ................................... 35-36
3.2 Points of Comparison between CBEMAT ................................... 36-38
3.3 The General Framework ................................... 38-40
Chapter Four Methodology ...................................40-45
4.1 Research Questions ................................... 40
4.2 Research Design ...................................40-41
4.3 Method ................................... 41-43
4.4 Data Collection ...................................43-45
Chapter Five Results and Discussion ...................................45-58
5.1 Test Paper Preparation ................................... 45-46
5.2 Cost of Test Administration ................................... 46-47
5.3 Effectiveness of Test Administration ...................................47-48
5.4 Convenience of Scoring and Score Recording ................................... 48-50
5.5 Estimating Rater Reliability of CBEMAT ...................................50-55
5.6 Estimating Response Validity ...................................55-57
5.7 Summary 57-58
Conclusion 结论
The present study conducted comparatives study on CBEMAT and PBEMAT.More specifically, it testified whether CBEMAT could replace the PBEMAT. Withsuch attempts, the present study analysis the two forms of test from five aspects: testpaper preparation, cost of test administration, effectiveness of administration of test,convenience of scoring and scoring record, rater reliability and response validity.Through the analyses of the questionnaire survey and correlation study of raterreliability, six research questions have been answered in Chapter four and the majorfindings in response answering five research questions can be summarized as follows.
(1) Computer-based testing is a computing strategy used to reduce paperconsumption. By using test software platform to pr
