NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
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
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Deane, Paul – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
This paper explores automated methods for measuring features of student writing and determining their relationship to writing quality and other features of literacy, such as reading rest scores. In particular, it uses the "e-rater"™ automatic essay scoring system to measure "product" features (measurable traits of the final…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Writing Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Writing Skills
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Mitchell, Karen J.; Molidor, John B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
Research reported in this paper considered the construct validity of a trial essay administered in 1985-87 Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). The addition of the essay caused the non-science factor observed in previous MCAT research to be more strongly defined. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Construct Validity, Correlation, Essay Tests