简介:TheCET4writingtestiswidelyusedinChina,butwhetheritisamorereliableandvalidtestofwritingforCET4thanothermethodsofevaluationisstillnotclear.Thepurposeofthisstudywastoexaminethereliabilityandthevalidityofamodificationofthistest.Incarryingoutthestudy,atotalof60Band4studentsinZhejiangUniversitytookthemodifiedtest,aCET4testandaFirstCertificatePracticeTest.TheresultsofthisstudydemonstratethatthemodifiedversionisasignificantlymorereliableandvalidwritingtestthanthepresentCET4writingtest.TheseresultssuggestthattheCET4writingtestneedsmodification.