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Do Experience and Text Quality Matter for Raters' Decision-Making Behaviors?
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Sahan, Özgür; Razi, Salim – Language Testing, 2020
This study examines the decision-making behaviors of raters with varying levels of experience while assessing EFL essays of distinct qualities. The data were collected from 28 raters with varying levels of rating experience and working at the English language departments of different universities in Turkey. Using a 10-point analytic rubric, each…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Essays, Writing Evaluation, Evaluators
A Generalizability Theory Study of Optimal Measurement Design for a Summative Assessment of English/Chinese Consecutive Interpreting
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Han, Chao – Language Testing, 2019
Summative assessment of interpretation is widely conducted in interpreting courses/programs to inform high-stakes decision making, such as the selection, certification, and conferral of academic degrees. Yet there has been very limited empirical research to investigate the score dependability of summative interpretation assessment. The present…
Descriptors: Generalization, Decision Making, Summative Evaluation, Evaluators
Evaluation in Bilingual Education. Desegregation and the Rights of Hispanic Students: the Los Angeles Case.
Burry, James – Evaluation Comment, 1979
Two topics are discussed in this publication: evaluation needs in bilingual education, and desegregation and the rights of Hispanic students. Evaluation needs in bilingual education were identified from three sources; a review of federal and state legislation for the design and evaluation of bilingual education, including program implementation…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Desegregation Litigation