Assessment Literacy of Secondary EFL Teachers: Evidence from a Regional EFL Test

中学英语教师语言测试素养研究——以一次期末测试分析为例（英文）

This study investigated the assessment skills of secondary EFL teachers through analyzing the quality of test items on a municipal English examination for eighth graders in a city located in northern China. Data included students＇ answers to test items as well as a post-test questionnaire and teachers＇ responses to semi-structured interviews. It was found that overall, the test functioned satisfactorily, with most items moderately easy yet discriminating, and high internal consistency and strong correlations among subscale scores. However, item analysis and content review of the test identified some items with incorrect or multiple keys, which may result from a combination of EFL teachers＇ inadequate language proficiency and their attempts to write attractive distractors.

本研究通过分析中国8年级市级英语考试的测试项目的质量,调查了中学英语教师的语言测试能力。数据包括学生对测试项目以及测试后问卷的回答和教师对半结构化访谈的回答。研究发现总体上测试令人满意,其中大多数测试项目是中低难度但有区分度的,试卷也展现了高内部一致性和子项目得分之间的强相关性。然而,题项分析和内容审查识别了一些具有错误答案或者多答案的题项,这可能是由于以英语为外语的教师的语言能力不足以及他们尝试写出吸引人的干扰项的结果。