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Table 4 Factor loadings for each item

From: Toward measuring language teachers’ assessment knowledge: development and validation of Language Assessment Knowledge Scale (LAKS)

Factor

Item no

Factor loading

SE

t

R-square

Assessing reading

1

0.869*

0.021

41.055

0.755

2

0.536*

0.040

13.342

0.287

3

0.872*

0.019

46.981

0.760

4

0.777*

0.022

35.885

0.603

5

0.064

0.058

1.110

0.004

6

0.753*

0.031

24.012

0.567

7

0.842*

0.020

41.343

0.708

8

0.895*

0.022

40.634

0.801

9

0.632*

0.039

16.402

0.400

10

0.279*

0.053

5.238

0.078

11

0.869*

0.019

46.619

0.756

12

0.805*

0.020

39.951

0.648

13

0.990*

0.018

55.177

0.980

14

0.485*

0.047

10.282

0.235

15

0.855*

0.027

31.767

0.730

Assessing listening

16

0.470*

0.045

10.354

0.221

17

0.841*

0.021

40.876

0.707

18

0.824*

0.021

39.164

0.679

19

0.266*

0.058

4.587

0.071

20

0.730*

0.024

30.613

0.533

21

0.680*

0.039

17.548

0.463

22

0.631*

0.027

23.514

0.398

23

0.697*

0.024

29.423

0.486

24

− 0.043

0.059

− 0.728

0.002

25

0.021

0.059

0.351

0.000

26

0.902*

0.018

48.991

0.814

27

0.576*

0.033

17.316

0.332

28

0.262*

0.052

5.025

0.069

29

0.660*

0.026

25.784

0.435

30

0.969*

0.020

48.969

0.940

Assessing writing

31

0.121

0.066

1.847

0.015

32

0.889*

0.031

28.386

0.791

33

0.078

0.062

1.267

0.006

34

− 0.046

0.071

− 0.644

0.002

35

0.431*

0.054

7.975

0.186

36

0.013

0.062

0.207

0.000

37

0.025

0.076

0.330

0.001

38

− 0.018

0.066

− 0.269

0.000

39

0.631*

0.045

14.132

0.398

40

0.585*

0.044

13.245

0.343

41

− 0.033

0.062

− 0.530

0.001

42

0.442*

0.051

8.680

0.195

43

0.085

0.062

1.371

0.007

44

0.613*

0.046

13.263

0.376

45

0.609*

0.042

14.467

0.371

Assessing speaking

46

0.077

0.059

1.301

0.006

47

− 0.019

0.067

− 0.290

0.000

48

0.076

0.061

1.257

0.006

49

0.479*

0.044

10.964

0.229

50

− 0.027

0.059

− 0.463

0.001

51

0.255*

0.061

4.194

0.065

52

0.684*

0.033

20.660

0.468

53

0.304*

0.052

5.803

0.092

54

0.110

0.063

1.759

0.012

55

0.916*

0.018

50.230

0.839

56

0.350*

0.053

6.616

0.123

57

1.020*

0.014

73.086

1.00

58

0.845*

0.026

32.142

0.715

59

0.747*

0.033

22.386

0.557

60

0.039

0.063

0.613

0.002

  1. *p < .05