A Trend Analysis of Individual TEPS Scores

Abstract

A survey was conducted by Korean Gallup and Marketing Research Korea on the test takers who took the first TEPS exam administered on January 31, 1999. The results indicated a strong consensus among English teachers and test-takers as to the validity of the test method facets of the TEPS exam. There are, however, some who feel that the TEPS exam does not yield reliable results. In order to investigate the extent to which such claims hold true, the present study attempts to conduct a systematic trend analysis based on the test-takers' performances. The study identifies those test-takers who took the TEPS more than twice within a two year period (1999-2000), and explored the fluctuation pattern, if any, of the test-takers' performances while taking into account their ability level, gender, and age