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Download full textLee, Elizabeth – Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2020
Ensuring that test-score use brings about socially positive consequences for test-takers is an important aspect of test validation. While many studies use an inductive approach to evaluate test consequences, few studies have implemented Appraisal analysis. To that end, this case study investigated the test consequences of an English reading…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Reading Tests
Malone, Margaret E.; Montee, Megan – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
The "TOEFL iBT"® test presents test takers with tasks meant to simulate the tasks required of students in English-medium universities. Research establishing the validity argument for the test provides evidence for score interpretation and the use of the test for university admissions and placement. Now that the test has been operational…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Beliefs, Language Acquisition, Academic Ability
Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1986
The validity of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) was examined for foreign students enrolled in U.S. graduate schools. Subjects included 1,353 foreign students for whom English was a second language (ESL) and 42 foreign students whose native language was English. The relationships between college departments' scores on the GRE General Test…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Departments, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
