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Archer, Jeff; Cantrell, Steve; Holtzman, Steven L.; Joe, Jilliam N.; Tocci, Cynthia M.; Wood, Jess – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2016
In this book the authors explain how to build, and over time improve, the elements of an observation system that equips all observers to identify and develop effective teaching. It is based on the collective knowledge of key partners in the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project--which carried out one of the largest-ever studies of classroom…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Effectiveness, Observation, Teacher Evaluation
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Chen, Guangyan – International Journal of Language Testing, 2016
This study develops a model of analytic rating scales to assess L2 Chinese oral performance. It uses Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) to identify a model and employs Confirmative Factor Analysis (CFA) in a separate dataset to test the degree of model fit. The researcher videotaped ten speeches and ACTFL professional raters assessed the oral…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Factor Analysis, Chinese, Second Language Learning
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Winke, Paula; Gass, Susan; Myford, Carol – ETS Research Report Series, 2011
This study investigated whether raters' second language (L2) background and the first language (L1) of test takers taking the TOEFL iBT® Speaking test were related through scoring. After an initial 4-hour training period, a group of 107 raters (mostly of learners of Chinese, Korean, and Spanish), listened to a selection of 432 speech samples that…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Evaluators, Speech Tests, English (Second Language)