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Wagner, Elvis – ETS Research Report Series, 2016
Although the speaking section of the "TOEFL iBT"® test is used by many universities to determine if international teaching assistants (ITAs) have the oral proficiency necessary to be classroom instructors, relatively few studies have investigated the validity of using TOEFL iBT scores for ITA screening. The primary purpose of this study…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Test Use
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Evanini, Keelan; Heilman, Michael; Wang, Xinhao; Blanchard, Daniel – ETS Research Report Series, 2015
This report describes the initial automated scoring results that were obtained using the constructed responses from the Writing and Speaking sections of the pilot forms of the "TOEFL Junior"® Comprehensive test administered in late 2011. For all of the items except one (the edit item in the Writing section), existing automated scoring…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Automation, Language Tests, Second Language Learning