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Dragos Iliescu; Dave Bartram; Pia Zeinoun; Matthias Ziegler; Paula Elosua; Stephen Sireci; Kurt F. Geisinger; Aletta Odendaal; Maria Elena Oliveri; Jon Twing; Wayne Camara – International Journal of Testing, 2024
The "Test Adaptation Reporting Standards" (TARES), or "TARES statement" was developed to alleviate the problems arising from inadequate reporting of test adaptation procedures. The TARES contains a short preamble and a checklist, that comprises an evidence-based minimum set of information for reporting in test adaptations. The…
Descriptors: Test Use, Outcome Measures, Check Lists, Evidence Based Practice
Andrew P. Jaciw – American Journal of Evaluation, 2025
By design, randomized experiments (XPs) rule out bias from confounded selection of participants into conditions. Quasi-experiments (QEs) are often considered second-best because they do not share this benefit. However, when results from XPs are used to generalize causal impacts, the benefit from unconfounded selection into conditions may be offset…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Generalization, Test Bias
Abdullah Albalawi – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2024
Despite the substantial expansion in vocabulary research since the 1980s, we still know very little about how vocabulary develops over time and what factors influence this development. This methodological overview discusses key issues and considerations in vocabulary breadth growth assessment to help advance research in this area. The report…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Language Tests, Test Use
Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini; Mahtab Janfada; Leila Iranmanesh – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2025
Language tests, including international high-stakes English proficiency tests widely used around the world, are to be viewed as ideological constructs connected with power relations and center-periphery demarcations at different social levels. In this paper, we examine the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) as an instance of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mariann Lemke; Dan Murphy; Aaron Soo Ping Chow; Angela Acuña – WestEd, 2024
Beginning with the 2020/21 school year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) began an ongoing effort to collect and analyze literacy screening assessment data from schools and districts participating in certain state grants to inform improvement efforts. Grantee schools and districts that provide literacy…
Descriptors: Grants, Benchmarking, At Risk Students, Reading Difficulties