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Jamieson, Joan; Poonpon, Kornwipa – ETS Research Report Series, 2013
Research and development of a new type of scoring rubric for the integrated speaking tasks of "TOEFL iBT"® are described. These "analytic rating guides" could be helpful if tasks modeled after those in TOEFL iBT were used for formative assessment, a purpose which is different from TOEFL iBT's primary use for admission…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Scaling, Scores
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Taylor, Carol; Kirsch, Irwin; Jamieson, Joan; Eignor, Daniel – Language Learning, 1999
Administered a questionnaire focusing on examinees' computer familiarity to 90,000 Test of English as a Foreign Language test takers. A group of 1,200 low-computer-familiar and high-computer-familiar examinees' worked through a computer tutorial and a set of TOEFL test items. Concludes that no evidence exists of an adverse relationship between…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Literacy, Familiarity
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Jamieson, Joan; Taylor, Carol; Kirsh, Irwin; Eignor, Dan – System, 1998
Describes the development of a special set of tutorials for training nonnative English speakers to take a computerized test of English as a Foreign Language. The experiences of the 1169 individuals who participated in the computer-familiarity study are characterized in terms of timing and performance data and self-reported attitudes. Most…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Literacy, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials