A Study on the Content Validity of the English Reading Comprehension Test in the High School Entrance Examination under the New Curriculum Standards—Taking Chongqing’s 2020~2024 High School Entrance Examination English (Volume A) as an Example

阅读理解作为外语教学和考试中最常见的题型之一，目的在于考查学生的语言综合运用能力。本文以《义务教育英语课程标准(2022修订版)》(下文简称新课标)为基准，选取了2020~2024年重庆市中考英语A卷阅读理解试题为研究样本，根据内容效度相关理论和判断依据，对试题阅读理解部分进行效度分析，根据分析结果对阅读理解的命题给出对应的建议。Reading comprehension, as one of the most common types of questions in foreign language teaching and exams, aims to test students’ comprehensive language proficiency. This article is based on the “Compulsory Education English Curriculum Standards (2022 Revised Edition)” (hereinafter referred to as the “New Curriculum Standards”), and selects the reading comprehension test questions of Chongqing High School Entrance Examination English A from 2020 to 2024 as the research sample. Based on the relevant theories and judgment criteria of content validity, validity analysis is conducted on the reading comprehension part of the test questions, and corresponding suggestions are given for the reading comprehension proposition according to the analysis results.