Research Projects
Language test scores are used to make important decisions about people in many different contexts, and consequently the tests that evaluate language users’ abilities need to be evaluated themselves (Chapelle & Voss, 2013). There is a need to conduct empirical research to evaluate the tests so that test users feel confident that the scores are valid for their intended purposes.
The Office of Language Assessment (OLA) employs the contemporary approaches to validation to evaluate the interpretations of test scores for proposed uses of the following tests it administers:
1. Academic Reading Comprehension Assessment (ARCATM)
• Research
2. Academic English Proficiency Assessment (AEPATM)
• Research
