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Comparability of TOEFL CBT Essay Prompts: Response-Mode Analyses
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Breland, Hunter; Lee, Yong-Won; Muraki, Eiji – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2005
Eighty-three Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) writing prompts administered via computer-based testing between July 1998 and August 2000 were examined for differences attributable to the response mode (handwriting or word processing) chosen by examinees. Differences were examined statistically using polytomous logistic regression. A…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Word Processing, Handwriting, Effect Size
Psychometric Issues Relevant to Selecting Items and Assembling Parallel Forms of Language Proficiency Instruments.
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O'Brien, Michael L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1989
Issues in measuring language proficiency of monolingual and bilingual persons are discussed. Psychometric procedures in developing both English- and Spanish-language proficiency instruments are illustrated through development of the New York City Language Assessment Battery, an assessment of proficiency in both languages used to screen eligibility…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, English