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Ginther, April; Elder, Catherine – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
In line with expanded conceptualizations of validity that encompass the interpretations and uses of test scores in particular policy contexts, this report presents results of a comparative analysis of institutional understandings and uses of 3 international English proficiency tests widely used for tertiary selection--the "TOEFL iBT"®…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Questionnaires
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Brown, Annie; Iwashita, Noriko; McNamara, Tim – ETS Research Report Series, 2005
This report documents two coordinated exploratory studies into the nature of oral English-for-academic-purposes (EAP) proficiency. Study I used verbal-report methodology to examine field experts? rating orientations, and Study II investigated the quality of test-taker discourse on two different Test of English as a Foreign Language? (TOEFL®) task…
Descriptors: Evaluators, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning