A meta-analysis of test format effects on reading and listening test performance: Focus on multiple-choice and open-ended formats

• Published in: Language testing Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 219 - 244
• Main Authors: In'nami, Yo, Koizumi, Rie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2009; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Dix, Dorothea Lynde (1802-87); Educational evaluation; Effect Size; Handbooks; Language; Language Proficiency; Language Tests; Linguistics; Listening; Listening Comprehension; Listening Comprehension Tests; Literature reviews; Mental disorders; Meta Analysis; Multiple Choice Tests; Program Effectiveness; Reading comprehension; Reading Tests; Second Language Learning; Second language reading; Studies; Systematic review; Test Format; Test Validity and Reliability; New York; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; Japan; test method; listening test; multiple-choice; meta-analysis; reading test; test format; open-ended

A meta-analysis was conducted on the effects of multiple-choice and open-ended formats on L1 reading, L2 reading, and L2 listening test performance. Fifty-six data sources located in an extensive search of the literature were the basis for the estimates of the mean effect sizes of test format effect...