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Dependability of New ESL Writing Test Scores: Evaluating Prototype Tasks and Alternative Rating Schemes. TOEFL® Monograph Series. MS-31. ETS RR-05-14
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Lee, Yong-Won; Kantor, Robert – ETS Research Report Series, 2005
Possible integrated and independent tasks were pilot tested for the writing section of a new generation of TOEFL® (Test of English as a Foreign Language™) examination. This study examines the impact of various rating designs as well as the impact of the number of tasks and raters on the reliability of writing scores based on integrated and…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Tests
Investigating the Utility of Analytic Scoring for the TOEFL Academic Speaking Test (TAST). TOEFL iBT Research Report. TOEFL iBT-01. ETS RR-06-07
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Xi, Xiaoming; Mollaun, Pam – ETS Research Report Series, 2006
This study explores the utility of analytic scoring for the TOEFL® Academic Speaking Test (TAST) in providing useful and reliable diagnostic information in three aspects of candidates' performance: delivery, language use, and topic development. G studies were used to investigate the dependability of the analytic scores, the distinctness of the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Oral Language