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Powers, Donald; Schedl, Mary; Papageorgiou, Spiros – Language Testing, 2017
The aim of this study was to develop, for the benefit of both test takers and test score users, enhanced "TOEFL ITP"® test score reports that go beyond the simple numerical scores that are currently reported. To do so, we applied traditional scale anchoring (proficiency scaling) to item difficulty data in order to develop performance…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Scores
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Longabach, Tanya; Peyton, Vicki – Language Testing, 2018
K-12 English language proficiency tests that assess multiple content domains (e.g., listening, speaking, reading, writing) often have subsections based on these content domains; scores assigned to these subsections are commonly known as subscores. Testing programs face increasing customer demands for the reporting of subscores in addition to the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Test Reliability, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Jeong, Heejeong – Language Testing, 2013
Language assessment courses (LACs) are taught by professionals who have majored in the area of language testing (language testers or LTs), but also by others who come from different language-related majors (non-language testers, non-LTs). Different language assessment courses may be developed, depending on who teaches the course and the…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Courses, Teacher Education, Teacher Educators
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Brooks, Lindsay – Language Testing, 2009
This study, framed within sociocultural theory, examines the interaction of adult ESL test-takers in two tests of oral proficiency: one in which they interacted with an examiner (the individual format) and one in which they interacted with another student (the paired format). The data for the eight pairs in this study were drawn from a larger…
Descriptors: Testing, Rating Scales, Program Effectiveness, Interaction
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Dudley, Albert – Language Testing, 2006
This study examined the multiple true-false (MTF) test format in second language testing by comparing multiple-choice (MCQ) and multiple true-false (MTF) test formats in two language areas of general English: vocabulary and reading. Two counter-balanced experimental designs--one for each language area--were examined in terms of the number of MCQ…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Test Format, Validity, Testing
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Henning, Grant – Language Testing, 1988
Violations of item unidimensionality on language tests produced distorted estimates of person ability, and violations of person unidimensionality produced distorted estimates of item difficulty. The Bejar Method was sensitive to such distortions. (Author)
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Content Validity, Difficulty Level, Item Analysis
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Perkins, Kyle; Miller, Leah D. – Language Testing, 1984
Describes a study which submitted data from a multiple-choice English as a second language reading comprehension test to classical test theory item analysis and latent trait measurement. The purpose was to identify weak items and to compare the number of weak items indicated by the two different approaches. (SED)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Latent Trait Theory, Reading Comprehension
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Douglas, Dan; Selinker, Larry – Language Testing, 1985
Discusses an alternative framework for handling language testing and proposes some tentative hypotheses concerning principles of language testing. Suggests that taking account of both interlanguage domain engagement and contextualization in testing research, production, and interpretation allows for a richer conceptualization of the language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Interlanguage, Language Proficiency
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Teasdale, Alex; Leung, Constant – Language Testing, 2000
Addresses some of the epistemic and practical issues facing alternative assessment, with particular reference to teacher assessment of spoken English as an additional language/second language (EAL/ESL) in the early years of primary education in England and Wales. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Epistemology
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Lewkowicz, Jo A. – Language Testing, 2000
Examines the concept of authenticity and the way this notion has evolved in language testing and general education. Presents a study looking at the importance of authenticity for test takers, and shows that test takers are willing and able to identify the attributes of a test likely to affect their performance. More research is needed if the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries