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Bennett, Randy Elliot – Educational Testing Service, 2011
CBAL, an acronym for Cognitively Based Assessment of, for, and as Learning, is a research initiative intended to create a model for an innovative K-12 assessment system that provides summative information for policy makers, as well as formative information for classroom instructional purposes. This paper summarizes empirical results from 16 CBAL…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Summative Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
Sawaki, Yasuyo; Nissan, Susan – Educational Testing Service, 2009
The study investigated the criterion-related validity of the "Test of English as a Foreign Language"[TM] Internet-based test (TOEFL[R] iBT) Listening section by examining its relationship to a criterion measure designed to reflect language-use tasks that university students encounter in everyday academic life: listening to academic…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Computer Assisted Testing
Stricker, Lawrence J.; Attali, Yigal – Educational Testing Service, 2010
The principal aims of this study, a conceptual replication of an earlier investigation of the TOEFL[R] computer-based test, or TOEFL CBT, in Buenos Aires, Cairo, and Frankfurt, were to assess test takers' reported acceptance of the TOEFL Internet-based test, or TOEFL iBT[TM], and its associations with possible determinants of this acceptance and…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Questionnaires, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Bridgeman, Brent; McBride, Amanda; Monaghan, William – Educational Testing Service, 2004
Imposing time limits on tests can serve a range of important functions. Time limits are essential, for example, if speed of performance is an integral component of what is being measured, as would be the case when testing such skills as how quickly someone can type. Limiting testing time also helps contain expenses associated with test…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Timed Tests, Test Results, Aptitude Tests
Rizavi, Saba; Way, Walter D.; Davey, Tim; Herbert, Erin – Educational Testing Service, 2004
Item parameter estimates vary for a variety of reasons, including estimation error, characteristics of the examinee samples, and context effects (e.g., item location effects, section location effects, etc.). Although we expect variation based on theory, there is reason to believe that observed variation in item parameter estimates exceeds what…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Test Items, Computation, Context Effect