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Developing and exploring the behaviour of two new versions of the Vocabulary Levels Test

University of Nottingham

Diane Schmitt

Nottingham Trent University

Caroline Clapham

University of Lancaster, norbert.schmitt{at}nottingham.ac.uk

The Vocabulary Levels Test has been widely used in language assessment and vocabulary research despite never having been properly validated. This article reports on a study which uses a range of analysis techniques to present validity evidence, and to explore the equivalence of two revised and expanded versions of the Vocabulary Levels Test.

Language Testing, Vol. 18, No. 1, 55-88 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/026553220101800103


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