Psychometrics and Linguistics in ChatGPT-Generated Reading Tests Compared with CET-4

Bingwei Li, Qixiu Qin, Wanqing Li, Chunhua Mao, The Foreign Studies College of Hunan Normal University, School of Foreign Languages, China West Normal University, The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Tsinghua University

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Published online on April 27, 2026

Abstract

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Ahead of Print.
ChatGPT has shown considerable potential for Automated Item Generation, but the quality of ChatGPT-generated items in language assessment remains insufficiently substantiated. This research recruited 121 participants to systematically compare the ...