大学英语作文题库内容效度方面存在的问题与建议

The Problems of Constructing Compositions of College English Tests in Content Validity

以测试理论和《大学英语教学大纲》为依据,以教学主体和教材为研究对象,分析宁夏大学《大学英语》三级成就测试作文题库,指出其在内容效度方面存在的三方面问题:(1)考试目的不明确;(2)命题不规范;(3)写作内容与形式不具代表性。提出提高考试命题人员的测试理论知识水平、制订考试规范和组建测试小组等改进建议,进一步建立科学、合理和规范的大学英语测试体系。

Based on test theory, College English Syllabus published by our country, teaching material as well as target students, this paper analyses band 3 compositions for tests of our university and points out three typical problems in content validity: (a) test purpose is not clear; (b) the proposition does not meet the requirements; (c)the composition is not representative both in writing style and content. And it finally provides with three suggestions: (a) improving testing theory of test developers; (b)describing test specifications; (c)setting up a team for test developing.