Czy testy mierzą to, co mierzyć powinny? O trafności testów maturalnych sprawdzających rozumienie ze słuchu
Do tests measure what they are supposed to? On validity of listening comprehension tests

Author(s): Emilia Podpora-Polit
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: validity;tests;listening comprehension
Summary/Abstract: Validity is considered the most important criterion for the quality of a language test. As Bolesław Niemierko (1999: 179) states, validity guarantees that “everything and only what was supposed to be measured was measured”. The aim of this article is to present the validity notion from the theoretical as well as from the practical point of view. The paper should answer the following questions: What does test validity mean in practice? How can it be recognized that a listening comprehension test is valid? Do school leaving exams in German fulfill the validity criteria?

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