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Direct linkFaulkner-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
Yoo, Hanwook; Manna, Venessa F. – Language Testing, 2017
This study assessed the factor structure of the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC®) Listening and Reading test, and its invariance across subgroups of test-takers. The subgroups were defined by (a) gender, (b) age, (c) employment status, (d) time spent studying English, and (e) having lived in a country where English is the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Second Language Learning
Gu, Lin – Language Testing, 2014
This study investigated the relationship between latent components of academic English language ability and test takers' study-abroad and classroom learning experiences through a structural equation modeling approach in the context of TOEFL iBT® testing. Data from the TOEFL iBT public dataset were used. The results showed that test takers'…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, English for Academic Purposes
Pae, Hye K. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2012
Multiple traits of language proficiency as well as test method effects were concurrently analyzed to investigate interrelations of construct validity, convergent validity, and discriminant validity using multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) matrices. A total of 585 test takers' scores were derived from the field test of the "Pearson Test of English…
Descriptors: Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Language Proficiency, Construct Validity, Validity
Kuriakose, Anju – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study investigated the internal factor structure of the English language development Assessment (ELDA) using confirmatory factor analysis. ELDA is an English language proficiency test developed by a consortium of multiple states and is used to identify and reclassify English language learners in kindergarten to grade 12. Scores on item…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Language Tests, Language Proficiency
Download full textBoldt, Robert F.; Oltman, Philip K. – 1993
Administration of the Test of Spoken English (TSE) yields tapes of oral performance on items within six sections of the test. Trained scorers subsequently rate responses using four proficiency scales: pronunciation, grammar, fluency, and overall comprehensibility. This project examined the consistency of statistical relations among TSE scores with…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Construct Validity, Correlation, English (Second Language)
