摘要：Owing to their scope, and decisiveness, Ph. D. program entrance exams (PPEE) ought to demonstrate acceptable reliability and validity. The current study aims to examine the reliability and validity of the new Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) PPEE from the perspective of both university professors and Ph. D. students. To this end, in-depth unstructured interviews were conducted with ten experienced TEFL university professors from four different Iranian state universities along with ten Ph. D. students who sat both the new and old PPEEs. A detailed content analysis of the data suggested that the new exam was assumed to establish acceptable reliability through standardization and consistency in administration and scoring procedures. Conversely, the new exam was perceived to demonstrate defective face, content, predictive, and construct validities. This study further discusses the significance and implications of the findings in the context of Iranian TEFL higher education.
其他摘要：Owing to their scope, and decisiveness, Ph. D. program entrance exams (PPEE) ought to demonstrate acceptable reliability and validity. The current study aims to examine the reliability and validity of the new Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) PPEE from the perspective of both university professors and Ph. D. students. To this end, in-depth unstructured interviews were conducted with ten experienced TEFL university professors from four different Iranian state universities along with ten Ph. D. students who sat both the new and old PPEEs. A detailed content analysis of the data suggested that the new exam was assumed to establish acceptable reliability through standardization and consistency in administration and scoring procedures. Conversely, the new exam was perceived to demonstrate defective face, content, predictive, and construct validities. This study further discusses the significance and implications of the findings in the context of Iranian TEFL higher education.
关键词：reliability;validity;TEFL Ph. D. programs;University entrance exams;instructors;Ph. D. students
