大学英语六级考试阅读理解试题内容效度研究

Research on Content Validity of Reading Comprehension in CET-6

阅读理解是大学英语六级考试的重要组成部分,其信度和效度一直是人们关注的焦点。以大学英语六级考试真题为样本,从语言输入和预计输出角度研究了阅读理解的内容效度。结果表明,阅读理解试题的设计较好地符合了《大学英语教学大纲》和《大学英语六级考试大纲》的要求,对考生的阅读能力也有较好的考查,但还需进一步的改进和完善,使之有更好的效度。

Reading comprehension is an important part in CET-6, whose reliability and validity have become a focus for a long time.Taking new CET-6 exam questions as samples , the article attempts to analyze the content validity of the reading comprehension part in CET-6 from the prospective of text input and expected output .Results indicate that CET-6 reading comprehension conforms to the standards of CET-6 Testing Syllabus and tallies with the specifications of College English Syllabus.At the same time, it proves to be an effective test for the reading ability of the exami-nees.Even so, it still needs to be improved so as to obtain a better validity .