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The Effect of the Use of Video Texts on ESL Listening Test-Taker Performance
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Wagner, Elvis – Language Testing, 2010
Video is widely used in the teaching of L2 listening, and SLA researchers have argued that the visual components of spoken texts are useful for the listener in comprehending aural information. Yet video texts are rarely used on tests of L2 listening ability, perhaps in part due to the belief that including the visual channel involves assessing…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Listening Comprehension, Quasiexperimental Design
A Meta-Analysis of Test Format Effects on Reading and Listening Test Performance: Focus on Multiple-Choice and Open-Ended Formats
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In'nami, Yo; Koizumi, Rie – Language Testing, 2009
A meta-analysis was conducted on the effects of multiple-choice and open-ended formats on L1 reading, L2 reading, and L2 listening test performance. Fifty-six data sources located in an extensive search of the literature were the basis for the estimates of the mean effect sizes of test format effects. The results using the mixed effects model of…
Descriptors: Test Format, Listening Comprehension Tests, Multiple Choice Tests, Program Effectiveness
Testing English Language Learners under No Child Left Behind
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Bunch, Michael B. – Language Testing, 2011
Title III of Public Law 107-110 (No Child Left Behind; NCLB) provided for creation of assessments of English language learners (ELLs) and established, through the Enhanced Assessment Grant program, a platform from which four consortia of states developed ELL tests aligned to rigorous statewide content standards. Those four tests (ACCESS for ELLs,…
Descriptors: Test Items, Student Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Formative Evaluation