Quality Control of ACTFL Assessments

Consistent results in high quality assessments

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Quality Control Overview

The quality of ACTFL assessments is a top priority. 这是ACTFL星际网赌登录与众不同的地方，并确保我们的测试仍然是星际网赌登录熟练程度和表现的黄金标准. The ACTFL Assessment Program focuses on:

Creating high-quality assessments that fulfill test specifications,
Developing test items/prompts following a rigorous and iterative process, adhering to best practices and guidelines for test development,
Maintaining consistency and rigor throughout the test development process,
Reviewing assessment content for fairness, bias, and sensitivity,
试点新的测试提示和实地测试新的星际网赌登录，以确定他们衡量或引出语言的程度，因为他们打算这样做,
确保测试在整个使用期间保持有效和可靠;
Maintaining and refreshing test content on a regular basis, and
Monitoring testing policies for administration and security.

ACTFL建立和维持高质量ACTFL星际网赌登录的标准是严格的, ongoing, and consistently results in language assessments of the highest quality. Quality Control and Quality Assurance 度量被集成到ACTFL过程的每一步——从测试开发, tester and rater recruitment, certification, and calibration, to test review, item performance, and maintenance.

The Quality of ACTFL assessments is a priority. The ACTFL Assessment Program focuses on:

Creating high-quality assessments that fulfill test specifications
Developing test items/prompts following a rigorous and iterative process, adhering to best practices and guidelines for test development
Maintaining consistency and rigor throughout the test development process
Reviewing assessment content for fairness, bias, & sensitivity
试点新的测试提示和实地测试新的星际网赌登录，以确定他们衡量或引出语言，因为他们打算做的
确保测试在整个使用期间保持有效和可靠
Maintaining and refreshing test content
Monitoring testing policies for administration and security

ACTFL建立和维持高质量ACTFL星际网赌登录的标准是严格的, ongoing, and consistently results in language assessments of the highest quality. Quality Control and Quality Assurance 度量被集成到ACTFL过程的每一步——从测试开发, tester and rater recruitment, certification, and calibration to test review and maintenance.

Test Development

ACTFL星际网赌登录是根据解决测试设计的框架开发的, its intended use, test takers, and the interpretation of test scores. ACTFL测试开发过程遵循专业指导方针和测试开发的最佳实践，例如 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (2014) and current technical and professional standards such as F2889 - 11(2020), Standard Practice for Assessing Language Proficiency.

ACTFL’s test development workflow is an intensive, multi-stage, multi-draft, 以及迭代过程，以确保测试内容符合测试规范.

ACTFL’s test development process includes:

为测试开发团队招募合格的个人:项目/提示编写者, prompt selectors, reviewers, and target language experts
Providing test development workshops for team members
Maintaining standardized test development and review guidelines
Monitoring and supporting online test development workflow processes
Ensuring fairness and conducting bias & sensitivity reviews
试点测试新的项目类型和实地测试新的星际网赌登录，以确定他们衡量或引出语言，因为他们打算这样做.

Quality Control Areas

ACTFL星际网赌登录的质量控制(QC)贯穿于星际网赌登录的整个生命周期. ACTFL星际网赌登录在整个使用期间都受到监控，以确保对考生表现的一致星际网赌登录和衡量，并确保星际网赌登录继续与原始星际网赌登录的有效性和可靠性保持一致. Quality Control areas focus on the following:

Monitoring frequency of topic and prompt exposure
Reviewing item performance on a regular basis
Conducting reliability and validation studies
Requiring periodic independent psychometric evaluations of assessments
Reviewing test taker experiences and feedback
Following test maintenance and refreshment plans
Implementing security-breach protocols and reviews
与ACTFL质量保证计划合作，协调ACTFL星际网赌登录的心理测量审查

Assessment Policies

In order to provide assessments that result in fair and valid measurements, ACTFL Assessment Policies serve as guidelines for test development, administration, scoring, and maintenance and refreshment of ACTFL assessments. 这些策略确保星际网赌登录引出并度量它们打算度量的内容, provide equitable and fair access to the assessments, maintain test taker personal information and scores, 并保持ACTFL星际网赌登录以熟练程度为基础的完整性.

Accommodations Policy

ACTFL坚定地致力于促进所有寻求星际网赌登录世界语言能力的个人平等获得其星际网赌登录和住宿. To this end, ACTFL星际网赌登录提供适合每个候选人条件和需求的住宿. ACTFL的住宿政策为国际语言测试(LTI)提供指导。, exclusive licensee of ACTFL assessments.

Assessment Integrity Policy

Test takers are required to review a Test Taker Integrity Policy, prior to taking an ACTFL assessment. 基于ACTFL熟练程度的星际网赌登录旨在星际网赌登录自发的，未经排练的语言. Any responses provided by the test taker are assessed by certified ACTFL raters with that in mind; likewise, 机器评分星际网赌登录在各自的评分算法中考虑了这一点. ACTFL的星际网赌登录诚信政策概述了考生破坏ACTFL语言能力星际网赌登录预期用途的行为，并概述了此类行为的后果.

Record Retention and Test Taker Confidentiality Policy

考生保密和安全记录保存是ACTFL星际网赌登录计划的优先事项. 根据ACTFL的记录保留和考生保密政策，作为国际语言测试(LTI)的指导。, exclusive licensee of ACTFL, for their administration and scoring of ACTFL assessments.

Re-Test Policy

Because ACTFL assessments are proficiency-based, 随着时间的推移，语言的使用和语言的学习是提高语言熟练程度的重要因素. As such, ACTFL一般不允许考生在考试管理后90天内重新参加考试. In addition, familiarization with the content of the assessment creates a test effect, which also, affects the assessment of proficiency. In order to provide an accurate measurement of language proficiency, 在两次连续的星际网赌登录之前，必须经过一段延长的时间. ACTFL的重测政策提供了有关重测和重测政策例外的信息.

Test Maintenance and Refresh Policy

ACTFL的测试维护和刷新策略概述了维护和刷新计划，以确保测试在整个使用期间保持有效和可靠. 维护文件包括测试性能星际网赌登录和项目性能评审过程的规范，以及测试员/评级员的认证和校准. 刷新文档包括用于刷新测试内容的过程和度量. Validity and reliability evidence documents are retained, 保留率可以追溯到最初的有效性和可靠性审查.

Test Security Policy

为了保护考试的完整性，考试安全是ACTFL的重中之重, validity, and content of its assessments. ACTFL的考试安全政策为国际语言测试(LTI)提供指导, exclusive licensee of ACTFL assessments, for security measures to safeguard ACTFL assessments. In the event of a security breach, 从星际网赌登录和新项目中提取已暴露的提示或项目.

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