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William Belzak; J. R. Lockwood; Yigal Attali – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2024
Remote proctoring, or monitoring test takers through internet-based, video-recording software, has become critical for maintaining test security on high-stakes assessments. The main role of remote proctors is to make judgments about test takers' behaviors and decide whether these behaviors constitute rule violations. Variability in proctor…
Descriptors: Computer Security, High Stakes Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Rafatbakhsh, Elaheh; Ahmadi, Alireza; Moloodi, Amirsaeid; Mehrpour, Saeed – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2021
Test development is a crucial, yet difficult and time-consuming part of any educational system, and the task often falls all on teachers. Automatic item generation systems have recently drawn attention as they can reduce this burden and make test development more convenient. Such systems have been developed to generate items for vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Items, Computer Assisted Testing, Multiple Choice Tests
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Chapelle, Carol A.; Enright, Mary K.; Jamieson, Joan – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2010
Drawing on experience between 2000 and 2007 in developing a validity argument for the high-stakes Test of English as a "Foreign Language[TM]" (TOEFL[R]), this paper evaluates the differences between the argument-based approach to validity as presented by "Kane (2006)" and that described in the 1999 "AERA/APA/NCME Standards for Educational and…
Descriptors: Psychological Testing, Validity, High Stakes Tests, English (Second Language)
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Pennock-Roman, Maria; Rivera, Charlene – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2011
The objective was to examine the impact of different types of accommodations on performance in content tests such as mathematics. The meta-analysis included 14 U.S. studies that randomly assigned school-aged English language learners (ELLs) to test accommodation versus control conditions or used repeated measures in counter-balanced order.…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Printed Materials, Second Language Learning, Glossaries
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Fairbairn, Shelley B.; Fox, Janna – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2009
Substantial growth in the numbers of English language learners (ELLs) in the United States and Canada in recent years has significantly affected the educational systems of both countries. This article focuses on critical issues and concerns related to the assessment of ELLs in U.S. and Canadian schools and emphasizes assessment approaches for test…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Testing, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Kopriva, Rebecca J.; Emick, Jessica E.; Hipolito-Delgado, Carlos Porfirio; Cameron, Catherine A. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2007
Does it matter if students are appropriately assigned to test accommodations? Using a randomized method, this study found that individual students assigned accommodations keyed to their particular needs were significantly more efficacious for English language learners (ELLs) and that little difference was reported between students receiving…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Student Needs, Testing Accommodations, English (Second Language)