Qian, Z. (2022). The Design of a Web-based Placement Test for College-Level Chinese Language Programs. Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 13(2), 17-38.
[钱之莹. (2022). 论大学中文项目网上分班考试的设计. 科技与中文教学 (Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching), 13(2), 17-38.]

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This study reported on the design of a web-based Chinese placement test at the college level that was capable of automatically grading and making placement decisions. It can be used by the majority of Chinese programs at U.S. universities and consists of 60 multiple-choice questions covering grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. To ensure validity and discriminability, the placement test was tested with 102 Chinese learners at three proficiency levels at a large state university. The results were compared to multiple established measures of L2 proficiency, including a cloze test. The correlation analyses revealed that the placement test scores significantly correlated with the cloze test scores, the final exam scores, and self-assessment, indicating that the placement test was accurate in assessing L2 proficiency and effective at discriminating between adjacent levels of instruction. We recommend that college-level Chinese programs use this placement test or use it as a model in their design of Chinese placement tests.

本文旨在介绍一种北美大学中文项目的分班考试的设计方法，并且通过一系列的测试来证明用这种方法设计的分班考试具有较高的准确性和区分度。基于网络的分班考试能够让学生远程参加考试，远程提交，提交后自动批改和显示分班结果，其高效性和便捷性有利于学生尽快完成注册，同时又能降低教师的工作量。分班考试的内容为六十个多项选择题，涵盖语法、词汇和阅读理解。为了测试该分班考试的有效性和区分度，初级、中级和高级中文班的共102位学生参加了分班考试和其它一系列在二语习得研究中被证明为有效的测试。研究结果表明，按照这种方法设计出的分班考试与完型填空成绩、期末考试成绩和学生的语言水平自我评估都呈现高度正相关，说明分班考试的准确性高、区分度强。用这种方法设计分班考试简单高效，可供大学中文项目参考。