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Faulkner-Bond, Molly; Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Wells, Craig S.; Sireci, Stephen G. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018
In this study we investigated the internal factor structure of a large-scale K--12 assessment of English language proficiency (ELP) using samples of fourth- and eighth-grade English learners (ELs) in one state. While U.S. schools are mandated to measure students' ELP in four language domains (listening, reading, speaking, and writing), some ELP…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Grade 4
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Sawaki, Yasuyo; Quinlan, Thomas; Lee, Yong-Won – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
The present study examined the factor structures across features of 446 examinees' responses to a writing task that integrates reading and listening modalities as well as reading and listening comprehension items of the TOEFL iBT[R] (Internet-based test). Both human and automated scores obtained for the integrated essays were utilized. Based on a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Essay Tests, Factor Structure