《传承性与创新性:基于证据的六级、雅思、托福考试效度对比研究》引介

An Introduction to Continuity and Innovation: An Evidence-Based Comparative Validation Study of CET-6, ILETS and TOEFL iBT

本文系国家社科基金重点项目结题成果《传承性与创新性:基于证据的六级、雅思、托福考试效度对比研究》(14AYY010)的引介,由引言和结语构成,是项目研究的整体设计、具体实施与完成的全局性概览。该研究以“社会–认知效度验证框架”为理论基础,使用了效度研究一些传统的研究方法,如问卷调查、有声思维等,也尝试了一些创新性的研究方法,如数据挖掘、眼动追踪等。该研究成果不仅丰富了六级、雅思、托福三项考试的效度证据,为教育、人事部门及广大利益相关者提供入学、就业、人才流动等决策依据,而且为其他语言测试效度对比研究提供了思路与方法上的借鉴。

This paper is an introduction to the accomplishment of the key research project of the National Philosophy and Social Sciences Foundation of China Continuity and Innovation: An Evidence-Based Comparative Validation Study of CET-6, ILETS and TOEFL iBT (Fund No. 14AYY010). It consists of the introduction and the conclusion parts, which provides an overall glimpse of the whole research design and its implementation processes. This study, utilizing the evidence-based “Socio-cognitive” Framework for test validation as its theoretical basis, employs some traditional validation study methodologies, such as questionnaire survey and verbal protocol, and explores some innovative technologies such as data-mining and eye-tracking. The research findings not only enrich the validation evidence of the three tests, CET-6, IELTS and TOEFL iBT, for decision-making references for study, employment and migration for education, human resources and other relevant stakeholders, but also offer references for comparative validation studies of other language assessments in methodologies and ways of thinking.