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Roohr, Katrina; Olivera-Aguilar, Margarita; Bochenek, Jennifer; Belur, Vinetha – ETS Research Report Series, 2022
The United States continues to be a top destination for international students pursuing an advanced degree. Some information about the characteristics of international students applying to graduate programs in the United States is available, but little is known about how these characteristics are related to test taker performance on graduate…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
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Alderman, Donald L.; Holland, Paul W. – 1981
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was examined for instances in which the item performance of examinees with comparable scores differed according to their native languages. A chi-square procedure, sensitive to deviations of less than ten percent from the expected frequencies of correct item responses across several language groups,…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Students
Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1981
Between September 1977 and August 1979, inclusive, over 283,000 individuals took the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) one or more times in an International or Special Center test administration, and designated a native country code, selected from a list of over 170 country codes provided in the TOEFL Handbook for Applicants. During…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, College Entrance Examinations, Demography, English (Second Language)