Abstract
A number of researchers have raised concerns about the validity of the ACTFL Guidelines in general and the Oral Proficiency Interview in particular. This study reports results of a variety of validity analyses involving the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview as it was administered to 59 learners of English and 60 learners of French. Scalability of the level descriptors was investigated using the one parameter Rasch model. Based on estimates of internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, concurrence between ratings from ACTFL-trained raters and from naive native speakers, and scalability of levels, it is concluded that the Guidelines can be useful as an assessment tool and offer advantages which warrant serious consideration in the development of language testing procedures.
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