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Direct linkZhaoyu Yang; Ping Wang – Language Testing in Asia, 2025
This study offers a bibliometric overview of the English language assessment research from 1992 to 2024. It aims to uncover the current state, research trends, and future directions of the field. A total of 927 articles published in Web of Science (WoS) were analyzed using the VOSviewer bibliometric software tool. Based on the sample of 927…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Periodicals
Xu, Yun; Wu, Zunmin – Assessing Writing, 2012
This paper reports on a qualitative research study into the test-taking strategies employed in completing two picture prompt writing tasks--Situational Writing and Interpretational Writing in the Beijing Matriculation English Test. Think-aloud and retrospective interview protocols were collected from twelve Chinese students representing two key…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Test Wiseness
Peer reviewedLeki, Ilona – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1991
Discusses one attempt to find innovative answers for questions regarding advanced English-as-a-Second-Language writing-placement testing. (MG)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Test Validity, Testing Problems
Peer reviewedCleary, Christopher – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1988
A comparison of the holistic, error-count, and categorical methods of assessing written work presents disadvantages and advantages in terms of validity, reliability, and efficiency. The results of a pilot study indicate that the error-count method may provide the most benefits. (CB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Evaluation Methods, Holistic Evaluation
Peer reviewedJohns, Ann M. – Written Communication, 1991
Analyzes the case of a Vietnamese-speaking science student who has repeatedly failed an English competency examination that analyzes essay content, rhetorical organization, and preparation for writing. Raises questions regarding the purposes, development, and evaluation of writing competency tests. (RDS)
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), English Instruction, Error Analysis (Language)
Download full textOdlin, Terence – 1987
A study investigated the problem of systematic oversights by students taking language passage correction (PC) tests. In these tests, students are asked to correct errors inserted in written prose passages. When errors are not overtly marked, students often overlook them. This study examined patterns of oversight in two PC tests used to evaluate…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Beard, John D., Ed.; McNabb, Scott E., Ed. – 1985
Intended for teachers, this collection of articles on testing in the English language arts contains the following titles: "What Do Test Scores 'Really' Mean in Educational Policy?" by George F. Madaus; "Testing and Literacy: A Contradiction in Terms?" by Marilyn Wilson; "Throwing in the TOWL," by Mary Jane Curry; "Taking the Authority Figure Out…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Arts
Russikoff, Karen A. – 1994
Problems inherent in the holistic scoring of essay examinations written by limited-English-speakers are examined, particularly in the context of one California state college in which English writing skills, holistically assessed, are required for graduation. These problems include lack of interrater reliability, raters' perceptions of their role,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Culhane, Terry, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Papers include: "ESP Tests: The Problem of Student Background Discipline (J. C. Alderson, A. H. Urquhart); "The Lexical Richness of L2 Written Productions and the Validity of Vocabulary Tests" (P. J. L. Arnaud); "The Construction of a Modular Thematic Task Bound English Language Achievement Test Battery for Kuwait" (M. I. Baghdady); "The Fill-In…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Communication, Cloze Procedure, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Stansfield, Charles W., Ed. – 1986
This collection of essays on measurement theory and language testing includes: "Computerized Adaptive Testing: Implications for Language Test Developers" (Peter Tung); "The Promise and Threat of Computerized Adaptive Assessment of Reading Comprehension" (Michael Canale); "Computerized Rasch Analysis of Item Bias in ESL…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cloze Procedure, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software
