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Direct linkKoizumi, Rie; In'nami, Yo; Asano, Keiko; Agawa, Toshie – Language Testing in Asia, 2016
Background: While numerous articles on Criterion® have been published and its validity evidence has accumulated, test users need to obtain relevant validity evidence for their local context and develop their own validity argument. This paper aims to provide validity evidence for the interpretation and use of Criterion® for assessing second…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, College Students, Correlation, Second Language Learning
Download full textShekarabi, Zeinab – International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 2017
Much research has been completed that focused on the role of drafting strategies in first language (L1) writing, but its role in second language (L2) writing is missing. The present study investigated the impact of outlining and free writing strategies on L2 academic writing in terms of overall quality, as well as more specifically in terms of…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Academic Language, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
Schaefer, Edward – Language Testing, 2008
The present study employed multi-faceted Rasch measurement (MFRM) to explore the rater bias patterns of native English-speaker (NES) raters when they rate EFL essays. Forty NES raters rated 40 essays written by female Japanese university students on a single topic adapted from the TOEFL Test of Written English (TWE). The essays were assessed using…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Program Effectiveness, Essays
