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John M. Norris; Shoko Sasayama; Michelle Kim – ETS Research Report Series, 2023
Accomplishing a communication task in the real world requires the ability not only to do the task per se but also to manage aspects of the context in which it occurs. For this reason, simulations of target language use contexts have been incorporated into the design of communicative language tests as a way of enhancing the authenticity of…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Writing (Composition), Task Analysis, Student Evaluation
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Lee, Shinhye – ETS Research Report Series, 2022
In response to the calls for making key stakeholders' perspectives relevant in the test validation process, the study discussed in this report sought test-taker feedback as part of collecting validity evidence and supporting the ongoing field testing efforts of the new "TOEFL ITP"® Speaking section. Specifically, I aimed to investigate…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Test Validity
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Lopez, Alexis A.; Tolentino, Florencia – ETS Research Report Series, 2020
In this study we investigated how English learners (ELs) interacted with "®" summative English language arts (ELA) and mathematics items, the embedded online tools, and accessibility features. We focused on how EL students navigated the assessment items; how they selected or constructed their responses; how they interacted with the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Evaluation, Language Arts, Summative Evaluation
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Young, John W.; Morgan, Rick; Rybinski, Paul; Steinberg, Jonathan; Wang, Yuan – ETS Research Report Series, 2013
The "TOEFL Junior"® Standard Test is an assessment that measures the degree to which middle school-aged students learning English as a second language have attained proficiency in the academic and social English skills representative of English-medium instructional environments. The assessment measures skills in three areas: listening…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Items, Language Tests, Second Language Learning
Paek, Insu; Lee, Jihyun; Stankov, Lazar; Wilson, Mark – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
This study investigated the relationship between students' actual performance (accuracy) and their subjective judgments of accuracy (confidence) on selected English language proficiency tests. The unidimensional and multidimensional IRT Rasch approaches were used to model the discrepancy between confidence and accuracy at the item and test level…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Accuracy, Item Response Theory, English