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Barkaoui, Khaled – Language Testing, 2010
This study adopted a multilevel modeling (MLM) approach to examine the contribution of rater and essay factors to variability in ESL essay holistic scores. Previous research aiming to explain variability in essay holistic scores has focused on either rater or essay factors. The few studies that have examined the contribution of more than one…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Holistic Approach
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Xi, Xiaoming – Language Testing, 2007
This study explores the utility of analytic scoring for TAST in providing useful and reliable diagnostic information for operational use in three aspects of candidates' performance: delivery, language use and topic development. One hundred and forty examinees' responses to six TAST tasks were scored analytically on these three aspects of speech. G…
Descriptors: Scoring, Profiles, Performance Based Assessment, Academic Discourse