| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第7-8页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第8-9页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第10-13页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第10-12页 |
| ·Disadvantages of traditional examination way | 第10-11页 |
| ·New course concepts in higher education challenge the traditional testing way | 第11页 |
| ·The rapid development of information technology has provided the technical platform for campus online testing | 第11-12页 |
| ·Outline of the study | 第12-13页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-39页 |
| ·Introduction | 第13页 |
| ·Computers in language testing , a general survey | 第13-26页 |
| ·Computer-based Language Testing | 第13-15页 |
| ·Computer-Adaptive Language Testing | 第15-24页 |
| ·Effectiveness of Computers in Language Testing | 第24-26页 |
| ·Comparability of PBLT and CBLT | 第26-28页 |
| ·Characteristics of Computer-Based Language Tests (CBLT) | 第28-29页 |
| ·Developing and improving tests | 第29-38页 |
| ·CALT Design Issues | 第30-32页 |
| ·CALT Scoring Issues | 第32-33页 |
| ·CALT Logistical Issues | 第33-36页 |
| ·Computer-based (computer-adaptive) English language testing in China at present time and beyond | 第36-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第39-48页 |
| ·Constructing and administering the test | 第39-43页 |
| ·Stage 1: specification | 第39-41页 |
| ·Stage 2: Operationalization | 第41-43页 |
| ·Stage 3: administration | 第43页 |
| ·Computer-based examination system designed for the study | 第43-46页 |
| ·Features | 第43页 |
| ·Interpretation for some concepts | 第43-44页 |
| ·Main Function | 第44-46页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Participants of the Study | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Data Collection Instrument | 第47页 |
| ·Methodological Limitation | 第47-48页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS | 第48-66页 |
| ·Content analyses | 第48页 |
| ·The correlation coefficient | 第48-53页 |
| ·Reliability calculated | 第53-56页 |
| ·Item analysis | 第56-61页 |
| ·Item difficulty | 第56-58页 |
| ·Item discrimination | 第58-61页 |
| ·Mean and Standard deviation on PBLT and CBLT | 第61-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-66页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS | 第66-68页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第68-71页 |
| APPENDIX | 第71-77页 |
