The washback of the National Matriculation English Test on senior high school English learning outcomes: do test takers from different provinces think alike?

Language Testing in Asia

Table 1 Test format of the NEEA-developed 2022 NMET Versions I and II (pen and paper)

Section	Part	Input	Language of rubric	Item types	Number of items	Raw score	Percentage
I. Listening	A	Five short dialogues	Chinese	3-option multiple choice (MC)	5	7.5	5%
I. Listening	B	Five dialogues or monologues	Chinese	3-option MC	15	22.5	15%
II. Reading Comprehension	A	Four texts	Chinese	4-option MC	15	30	20%
II. Reading Comprehension	B	One text	Chinese	7-option gap-filling	5	10	≈6.7%
III. English Language Usage	A	One text	Chinese	4-option MC cloze	20	30	20%
III. English Language Usage	B	One text	Chinese	Word transformation	10	15	10%
IV. Writing	A	One text	Chinese	Error correction	10	10	≈6.7%
IV. Writing	B	Prompt	Chinese	Guided writing	1	25	≈16.6%
Total					80 + 1	150	100%