英语专业四级考试试题敏感度研究  

On the sensitivity of TEM4 test items

作　　者：刘宝权[1] 张超 

机构地区：[1]上海财经大学外语系,上海200433 [2]南京高等职业技术学校,江苏南京210019

出　　处：《外语测试与教学》2011年第1期58-63,共6页Foreign Language Testing and Teaching

摘　　要：试题敏感度,作为测试公平性研究的一个新兴领域,在试卷评价和影响答题者因素等环节中都起着重要的作用。试题对于答题者敏感与否,会直接影响他们的答题心理,进而对试卷的公平性提出挑战。英语专业四级考试是对英语专业学生基础阶段能力的一次检测,其考试规模和参考人数逐年增加,权威性和社会影响力也在不断提高。本文试图从试题敏感度角度分析论证英语专业四级考试的敏感性程度。Sensitivity, as a new field in test fairness study, plays an important role in test evaluation and factors influencing the test takers＇ mind. Whether the test items are sensitive or not will directly have an impact on the test takers＇ mind; therefore, it will challenge test fairness. TEM4, whose scales and number of examinees are increasing year by year, has long been an criterion-referenced test to the English Majors at the fundamental stage. Its social influence and authority are also on the rise. This paper tries to analyze the sensitivity of the TEM4 test items.

关 键 词：试题敏感度 英语专业四级考试 测试公平 

分 类 号：H319[语言文字—英语]