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Xu, Jing; Jones, Edmund; Laxton, Victoria; Galaczi, Evelina – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2021
Recent advances in machine learning have made automated scoring of learner speech widespread, and yet validation research that provides support for applying automated scoring technology to assessment is still in its infancy. Both the educational measurement and language assessment communities have called for greater transparency in describing…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Computer Software
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Jerrim, John – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2016
The Programme for International Assessment (PISA) is an important cross-national study of 15-year olds academic achievement. Although it has traditionally been conducted using paper-and-pencil tests, the vast majority of countries will use computer-based assessment from 2015. In this paper, we consider how cross-country comparisons of children's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students