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Direct linkJia, Lin; Cai, Jianyong; Wang, Jianqin – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
In Dynamic Assessment (DA), the observation that individuals respond differently to support, or mediation, is important for diagnoses of development. The concept of learning potential refers to openness to mediation, i.e., the extent of change to performance when mediation is available, which may suggest learners will need less overall instruction…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Collier, Jo-Kate; Huang, Becky – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2020
This article presents a critical review of the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS), a large scale standardized English language proficiency (ELP) assessment developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and administered since 2004. TELPAS is used as an annual summative assessment for all English Learners (ELs) in grades…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Standardized Tests
Lin, Chih-Kai – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018
With multiple options to choose from, there is always a chance of lucky guessing by examinees on multiple-choice (MC) items, thereby potentially introducing bias in item difficulty estimates. Correct responses by random guessing thus pose threats to the validity of claims made from test performance on an MC test. Under the Rasch framework, the…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Item Response Theory, Multiple Choice Tests, Language Tests
Hannah, L.; Kim, H.; Jang, E. E. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
As a branch of artificial intelligence, automated speech recognition (ASR) technology is increasingly used to detect speech, process it to text, and derive the meaning of natural language for various learning and assessment purposes. ASR inaccuracy may pose serious threats to valid score interpretations and fair score use for all when it is…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Speech Communication, Audio Equipment
Aviad-Levitzky, Tami; Laufer, Batia; Goldstein, Zahava – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
This article describes the development and validation of the new CATSS (Computer Adaptive Test of Size and Strength), which measures vocabulary knowledge in four modalities -- productive recall, receptive recall, productive recognition, and receptive recognition. In the first part of the paper we present the assumptions that underlie the test --…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability
Lee, Yong-Won; Sawaki, Yasuyo – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2009
A variety of cognitive diagnosis approaches (CDAs) have been used by researchers to extract fine-grained information about the linguistic knowledge states and skill mastery levels of test takers based on their performance on language tests. Although some of these approaches have been in use in the psychometric community for quite some time, many…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Identification, Psychometrics, Cognitive Processes
