Research summaries and notes provide key information about and findings from the research being conducted into PTE Academic and PTE General.
Research summaries
Investigating the Lexical Validity of PTE Academic
Sensitivity Review
PICAE - the Pearson International Corpus of Academic English
Ackermann, De Jong, Kilgarriff & Tugwell, 2010
Differential Item Functioning and Unidimensionality in PTE Academic
Pae, 2011
Once or Twice? - A Critical Review of Current Literature on the Question How Many Times the Audio Recording Should Be Played in Listening Comprehension Testing Items
Jones, 2011
Research notes
Standardizing Rater Performance: Empirical Support for Regulating Language Proficiency Test Scoring
Ackermann & Kennedy, 2010
Aligning PTE Academic Test Scores to the CEF
Applying EALTA Guidelines: A practical case study on PTE Academic
De Jong & Zheng, 2011
Establishing Construct and Concurrent Validity of PTE Academic
Zheng & De Jong, 2011
Demonstrating Cognitive Validity and Face Validity of PTE Academic Writing Items
Chan, 2011
PTE General - Using the CEFR to Rate Test Taker Responses
Ackermann, 2011
The Factor Structure of Vocabulary Skills and Academic Reading Performance by Adult English Learners
Pae, 2011