advanced data mining techniques can be used in universities classification, discovering specific patterns in the determination of successful students, design of a plan or a teaching method and finding critical points of financial management. in this article, we proposed a method to predict the rate of student enrollment in coming years. the data for this research were from data sets of voluntee...

The main purpose of this study is to examine the potential impact self-reported test anxiety on L2 academic achievement. sample consisted eighty-five students from ten different state secondary schools in. Majorca. Data were collected using Spanish version Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale (CTAS). results show that participants suffer moderate high levels, regardless actual English proficiency. find...

This paper aims to validate the English Language Entrance Test for King Saud bin Abdulaziz University Health Science (hereafter KSAU-ET). It supports argument regarding using specially designed in-house entrance tests at health universities by showcasing test’s development, administration, and validation process. presents a new framework test that is informed various existing frameworks such as...

Testing holds an important place in the Iranian test-oriented context where the entrance examinations have serious educational and occupational outcomes. This study aimed to explore the potential washback effects of the General English Language Test of the Ph.D. (GELTP) as part of the Ph.D. University Entrance Examination (PUEE) on the humanities and science students’ perceptions and practices....

The generalizability aspect of Construct validity, as proposed by Messick (1989), requires that a test measures the same trait across different samples from the same population. Differential Item functioning (DIF) analysis is a key component in the fairness evaluation of educational tests. University entrance exam for the candidates who seek admission into master's English programs (MEUEE) at I...

Washback refers to the effect of testing on teaching and learning. The university entrance exam for Iranian MA candidates of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (hereinafter TEFL MA UEE) is a nationwide high-stakes test administered every year, and significant decisions will be made based on the examinees’ performance on this exam; therefore, it is prone to bring about degrees of washback at...