TrackTest English Assessment links the examination to the Common European Framework of Reference and follows ethical standards of fairness in educational testing as exemplified by the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA/APA/NCME 1999: ISBN 0-935302-25-5).
TrackTest is the institutional affiliate of ALTE (Association of Language Testers In Europe) and the international affiliate of AERA (American Educational Research Association).
Our researchers are also members of the Testing, Evaluation and Assessment SIG of the IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language), the CEFR SIG of the EALTA (European Association for Language Testing and Assessment) and ICAEA (International Civil Aviation English Association) and observe the Code of Practice of the organisations concerned.
TrackTest English test research studies and analyses:
TrackTest validity study: the measurement of expert agreement with the computer-aided testing result
Comparison of TrackTest and language school experts’ assessments with weighted Cohen’s kappa used as a measure of the criterion validity demonstrated substantial to almost perfect agreement (Kappa(weights: squared) = .826 (p < .001). Read the full article
TrackTest test-retest reliability study
306 students took the English test in three assessment rounds month by month. Results showed Cronbach’s Alpha and Intraclass Correlation (ICC) 0.816 – highly reliable. Read the full article
Case study- English proficiency progress of employees measured with TrackTest English test
600 civil servants from 12 governmental institutions preparing for the EU presidency attended the English language courses. They showed a +14% improvement in English proficiency in 12 months. Read the full article
Analysis- English proficiency of job-seekers in Central Europe
Results of English assessments of 30.000 job candidates from Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary- English proficiency, typical weaknesses and differences. Read the full article
Do you want to test the English proficiency of your students or employees? Try TrackTest English assessment for companies or for schools.
