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Pretesting and Test Analysis. How We Do Them in Hungary Gabriella Szebenyi. Presentation Outline. basic information on STANAG examinations in Hungary item writing and our pretesting practices pretesting objective ly marked items the procedure for subjective ly marked items
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Pretesting and Test Analysis How We Do Them in Hungary Gabriella Szebenyi
Presentation Outline • basic information on STANAG examinations in Hungary • item writing and our pretesting practices • pretesting objectively marked items • the procedure for subjectively marked items • our future plans
Accredited Examination • Open exam • Exam fee • Single level exam • No time limit on the validity of the certificate • Nationwide recognition of the certificate • Operation under Accreditation Board supervision
Main Means of Professional Control • Accreditation Book • Consultation Sessions • Biennial Review
Our Output 2 newtrialtestsatthreelevels per academicyear
Pretest Procedure for Objective Items • Stage 1: in-housereview of an item • Stage 2: in-housereview of thereviseditem • Stage 3: review of theitemby a nativespeaker • Stage 4: main trial • Stage 5: quantitative and qualitativeanalysis
Procedure for Subjective Items • Stage 1: informalreview of an item • Stage 2: informalreview of thereviseditem • Stage 3: review of theitemby a nativespeaker • Stage 4: trialonsmallnumber of candidates
Future Plans • increasing the number of item writers • involving several native speakers • establishing a pretest unit