Constructing Test Specification for Standardized Test of Academic English Proficiency (STAcEP)

Abstract

This present study aims to determine what aspects should be considered in constructing test specification for localized language proficiency test administered in a private university in Indonesia. Employing the CEFR for language as the basic framework, this study involves the analysis of CEFR document and interview with four experts on language testing in order to construct the intended test specification as the basis of a language test before it is further developed. The result of the study implies that there are five aspects with more than ten components in the initial consideration of test specification that should be considered. They include construct of the test, usefulness of the test, content and format of the test, technical features of the test and required standards of the test. The analyzed information regarding those aspects, then, is combined to construct the proposed test specification of STAcEP test.