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Investigating the Utility of Analytic Scoring for the TOEFL Academic Speaking Test (TAST). TOEFL iBT Research Report. TOEFL iBT-01. ETS RR-06-07

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Xi, Xiaoming; Mollaun, Pam – ETS Research Report Series, 2006

This study explores the utility of analytic scoring for the TOEFL® Academic Speaking Test (TAST) in providing useful and reliable diagnostic information in three aspects of candidates' performance: delivery, language use, and topic development. G studies were used to investigate the dependability of the analytic scores, the distinctness of the…

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