《中国高校英语专业写作测试效度检验研究》由修旭东所著，从受试者特征、理论效度、内容效度、评分效度、试后效度和效标关联效度方面对我国高校英语专业八级测试写作项目和(英语专业)毕业论文评价的效度进行了检验。其参与者来自中国三所大学的学生和中国及英国多所大学或学院的专家和老师，研究工具包括：有声思维实验、问卷、个人访谈、小组访谈和日志。研究表明，尽管不同类型的效度证据表明两者的效度尚可，但仍有改进和提升的空间，尤其是在内容效度、评分效度和试后效度方面。

INTRODUCTION

PART I LITERATURE REVIEW

CHAPTER 1 LITERATURE REVIEW I-LANGUAGE TESTING AND VALIDITY EVIDENCE

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW II-PARAMETERS FOR A VALIDATION FRAMEWORK FOR AWT

PART II PILOT STUDIES

CHAPTER 3 THE DEVELOPMENT AND PILOTING OF INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR APPLYING THE VALIDATION FRAMEWORK TO TEM8E AND GRADUATION DISSERTATIONS

PART III MAIN STUDY

CHAPTER 4 DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS CONCERNED WITH THE EVIDENCE OF TEST-TAKER CHARACTERISTICS

CHAPTER 5 DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS CONCERNED WITH THEORY-BASED VALIDITY DEIDENCE

CHAPTER 6 DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS CONCERNED WITH CONTEXT VALIDITY EVIDENCE

CHAPTER 7 DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS CONCERNED WITH SCORING VALIDITY-,CONSEQUENTIAL VALIDITY-,AND CRITERION-RELATED VALIDITY EVIDENCE

CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS

REFERENCES

APPENDICES