Reporting Versant Spanish Test on the Global Scale of Languages: a standard setting study

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This study reports a standard setting exercise using the data from the Versant Spanish Test (VST). The aims of the study are to 1) consolidate the relationship between the VST scale and the Common European Framework (CEFR); 2) derive a transformation function to report the VST scores on the Global Scale of Languages (GSL) and its corresponding CEFR level. This study used operational test data in addition to the Learning Objectives data that was used to establish the GSL. In addition, a standard setting approach was adopted to triangulate the results obtained from the comparative judgement approach that was used in the original study. Results showed a great level of agreement among the VST, the GSL and the CEFR. A minor adjustment of the alignments was recommended. This adjustment, following a transformation function derived from the results of this study, allows the VST scores to be reported on the GSL and its corresponding CEFR level.

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ORCID for Ying Zheng: orcid.org/0000-0003-2574-0358

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