I. Introduction to College English Test:
The National College English Test is a national teaching test administered by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education entrusts the National College English Band 4 and Band 6 Examination Committee (named "College English Band 4 and Band 6 Examination Design Group before 1993") to design, organize, manage and implement the College English Band 4 and Band 6 Examination. The standardized CET-4 and CET-6 were prepared at the end of 1986, and 1987 was formally implemented. Its purpose is to objectively and accurately measure the actual English ability of college students and improve the teaching quality of college English courses. The design of college English test must meet the quality requirements of large-scale standardized test in educational measurement theory, and it is a "norm reference test with standard correlation"
Second, the 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 Chinese college students 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 teaching quality according to the actual situation of 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.