语言测试术语及其运用--有关语言测试术语的几点介绍

由于考试结果通常用分数来表示,因此考试的分数必须具有可解释性.而分数解释又涉及记分体制,为了使分数带有大量的信息,考试成绩在最终报道前,总要经过加权处理,等值处理,正态转换等一系列转换分析过程.作者对随之产生的有关英语测试的专业术语进行了详细的介绍,对其使用过程和作用作了详尽的分析.

On Terms of English Testing

As test results are usually reported in the form of test scores,they must be interpretable,which involves the use of a certain scoring system.In large sc ale standardized tests,the test scores,before release,have to undergo a series of transformation processes,including score weighing,score equating and score normalization etc.T he author of this paper and the terms concerned in English testing explains in detail how th ese scores are interpreted and discu ssed.