Development of English Proficiency Tests for Roi Et Rajabhat University’s Graduate Students
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The objectives of this research were to 1) develop and validate English proficiency tests for Roi Et Rajabhat University’s graduate students, and 2) study the satisfaction of the students involved with the test. The sample consisted of 124 graduate students in the first semester of the academic year 2020 in Roi Et Rajabhat University, selected through stratified random sampling. The data analysis employed basic statistics, item analysis and reliability. The findings were as follows:
1) The English proficiency tests for graduate students, Roi Et Rajabhat University had the quality of the overall usefulness at a good level ( = 4.26, S.D. = 0.75), and had the quality of the aspects as follows: (1) the construct validity was at a good level (
= 4.32, S.D. = 0.13), (2) the impact was at a good level (
= 4.27, S.D. = 0.64), (3) the authenticity was at a good level (
= 4.22, S.D. = 0.84), (4) the reliability was at a good level (
= 4.19, S.D. = 0.43), (5) the Inter-activeness was at a good level (
= 4.18, S.D. = 0.09), and (6) practicality was at a good level (
= 4.14, S.D. = 0.45).
2) The objective test items (reading skills) consisted of 2 packages. The 1stpackage comprised 40 quality items and had the difficulty index between 0.50 - 0.76, the discrimination was between 0.49-0.73, and the reliability coefficient (KR-20) was at 0.83. The 2nd package comprised 40 quality items and had the difficulty index between 0.54-0.79, the discrimination was between 0.51-0.87, and the reliability coefficient (KR-20) was at 0.82. Also, two subjective test items (writing skills) had the difficulty index between 0.41- 0.60, the discrimination between 0.26-0.33, having the reliability coefficient (Cronbach Alpha) of 0.61.
3) On the whole, the students’ satisfaction with the tests was at a high level ( = 4.27, S.D. = 0.70).
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