A comprehensive review of Rasch measurement in language assessment: Recommendations and guidelines for research

• Published in: Language testing Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 6 - 40
• Main Authors: Aryadoust, Vahid, Ng, Li Ying, Sayama, Hiroki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2021; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Applied linguistics; Communities of Practice; Computer Software; Educational evaluation; Goodness of Fit; Grammar; Guidelines; Journals (Academic); Language assessment; Language Skills; Language Tests; Measurement Techniques; Network Analysis; Rasch model; Research Reports; Software; Test Items; Test Reliability; Testing; Fit; local independence; Rasch measurement; reliability and separation; language assessment; network analysis; unidimensionality; modularity maximization method

Over the past decades, the application of Rasch measurement in language assessment has gradually increased. In the present study, we coded 215 papers using Rasch measurement published in 21 applied linguistics journals for multiple features. We found that seven Rasch models and 23 software packages...