A report on language CAT in Japan
Youichi Nakamura · Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) · 2013
In this paper, I will take a brief look at the history of language testing research in Japan, which appears to be some decades behind in the main stream of the language testing research in the world. Then, I will review one of the testing theories called “Item Response Theory: ITR” which enables us to give a “Computerized Adaptive Test: CAT.” As examples of CAT, I will introduce two language tests developed in Japan; “Computerized Assessment System for English Communication: CASEC”, and “Japanese Computerized Adaptive Test: J-CAT.” This paper is based on an invited presentation given at The National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology in Taiwan, as one of MOU events, on March 15, 2012.