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TitleAnalysis of the TOEFL
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I have written a contribution on the arbitrariness of the TOEFL, available to
download from:
www.mextesoldf.upn.mx
Look for the title of the article, 'The AWFUL: A Multiple Guess Test' in the right
column of the website.

It has plenty of tips on out-guessing "multiple guess," and reviews the traps in
most of the sections. I also deduce why the exam must have been made this
way: the authors, the ETS, salvage stability (formerly "reliability") at the cost of
validity, in accordance with an extremely Behavioristic Bell Curve-type
rationale.

Siders, N. (2 Jun. 2004). AWFUL TOEFL. Teachers of English to speakers of
other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (3 Jun. 2004).
SourceNevin Siders
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