The Process of Developing an Academic Reading Test and Evaluating Its Authenticity

Abstract

The study is based upon a small project of developing an academic reading test in an English language teaching class and evaluating its authenticity. The article is basically in the form of a report explaining the whole procedure of developing the test, administering it with an English language teaching class and finally evaluating its authenticity. While evaluating the test the focus is on the validity and reliability of the test. The evaluation of validity and reliability has been carried out both quantitatively and qualitatively. The results show that the academic reading test was good and worked well in assessing the learners' reading ability. However, it cannot be called a perfect test and still needs some improvement. So finally some necessary suggestions have been provided for improving the test and making it more valid and reliable.

Is the Test Sensible? Developing a Critical Reading Test for Indonesian Efl Learners

“…To gain a more accurate picture of how well kids can perform on the test, a larger field trial with more participants is required. Increasing the number of test takers increases the likelihood of obtaining a broader range of test outcomes (Karim and Haq, 2014;Ozdemir and Akyol, 2019;Azmi, 2020).…”