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Download full textPhuong, Do Thi Vu – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2022
This study investigated common written errors and the causes that language learners frequently commit. A descriptive qualitative approach was conducted with the participation of 57 eleventh-graders at a high school in Hung Yen province during the second term of the academic year 2021-2022. The respondents were requested to participate in five…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Error Analysis (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Direct linkZou, Xiao-Ling; Chen, Yan-Min – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2016
The effects of computer and paper test media on EFL test-takers with different computer familiarity in writing scores and in the cognitive writing process have been comprehensively explored from the learners' aspect as well as on the basis of related theories and practice. The results indicate significant differences in test scores among the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Test Format
Wolf, Raffaela; Zahner, Doris; Kostoris, Fiorella; Benjamin, Roger – Council for Aid to Education, 2014
The measurement of higher-order competencies within a tertiary education system across countries presents methodological challenges due to differences in educational systems, socio-economic factors, and perceptions as to which constructs should be assessed (Blömeke, Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Kuhn, & Fege, 2013). According to Hart Research…
Descriptors: Case Studies, International Assessment, Performance Based Assessment, Critical Thinking
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1989
This English Language Arts Achievement Test was designed to evaluate the writing skills of third grade students. It includes instructions in which students are asked to write their own stories after reading a "story starter." The test instructs students to use their imaginations to finish the story and encourages them to do a prewriting…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Descriptive Writing, Foreign Countries, Grade 3
Freedman, Sarah Warshauer – 1991
Writing teachers and educators can add to information from large-scale testing and teachers can strengthen classroom assessment by creating a tight fit between large-scale testing and classroom assessment. Across the years, large-scale testing programs have struggled with a difficult problem: how to evaluate student writing reliably and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Informal Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Peer reviewedFeak, Christine; Dobson, Barbara – College ESL, 1996
Focuses on the assessment of writing skills of incoming English-as-a-Second-Language college students in the United States and Canada. The article discusses the traditional impromptu essay and its alternatives, portfolio assessment and the Undergraduate Academic Writing Assessment (UAWA). The UAWA reveals students' previously unknown strengths and…
Descriptors: College Students, Curriculum Design, English for Academic Purposes, Essays
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1987
A bulletin concerning Alberta's Grade 6 French language achievement test to be administered in June 1988 provides specific information about the test's design, items, and scoring. It begins with general information about the province's achievement test program in English and goes on to describe and illustrate the French language arts achievement…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1986
Intended to help prepare teachers and students for the January 1987 diploma exams, this bulletin presents useful information about the design, parts and scoring of French language and literature tests by describing and including scoring guides and sample questions. A schedule of administration and scoring dates is included in the bulletin. This…
Descriptors: Bilingual Instructional Materials, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, French
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1985
Intended for both teachers and students, this bulletin presents specific information about the design, parts, and scoring of the Grade 9 English Language Arts Achievement Test for the 1985-86 school year in Alberta, Canada. General information is presented regarding the (1) purpose and nature of the Achievement Testing Program (ATP), (2) students…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1986
This document reports the provincial results of the June 1986 student achievement tests in Alberta in grade 3 mathematics, grade 6 science, and grade 9 English language arts. The achievement tests are specific to the program of studies prescribed by the Minister of Education. The document starts with general information about the testing program…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 3
Lombard, Juliana V. – 1988
The validity and reliability of two techniques of assessing writing proficiency were compared in a sample of 300 South African students (in Standard 8) for whom English was a second language. The objective, multiple choice method was compared with a subjective, essay method. Students completed a Standard English Second Language Item Bank Test and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, English (Second Language), Essay Tests
