CET-4, the abbreviation of CET-4, is a national English test sponsored by the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education. The main target of the examination is college students, undergraduates or graduate students who have completed CET-4 according to the educational syllabus. Standardized grades 4 and 6 were prepared at the end of 1986 and formally implemented at 1987.
Positive significance:
1, CET-4 and CET-6 have aroused the attention of Chinese universities and relevant education departments to college English teaching and aroused the enthusiasm of teachers and students. A large number of statistical data and experimental materials of validity research prove that CET-4 and CET-6 not only have high reliability, but also have high validity, which meets the quality requirements of large-scale standardized examinations and can reflect the English level of college students in China according to the requirements of syllabus, thus effectively promoting the implementation of college English syllabus and promoting the improvement of college English teaching level in China.
2. College English Test provides an objective description of the English level of college students in China every year. Modern educational statistical methods are widely used in CET-4 and CET-6, and the scores are treated equally, so the significance of the scores in previous exams remains unchanged.
3. Because the CET-4 and CET-6 exams adopt the normal grading system, the results published after each exam contain a lot of information, which becomes the dynamic basis for the decision-making of educational administrative departments at all levels, and also provides feedback information for schools to take measures to improve the teaching quality according to the actual situation of their own schools.
4. CET-4 and CET-6 have formed a complete system from proposition, examination, examination organization, statistical analysis to result release, and are large-scale examinations carefully organized in strict accordance with the quality requirements of standardized examinations.
College English test has been recognized by the society and has become one of the standards for recruiting college graduates by personnel departments at all levels, which has produced certain social benefits.