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Direct linkChapelle, Carol A.; Cotos, Elena; Lee, Jooyoung – Language Testing, 2015
Two examples demonstrate an argument-based approach to validation of diagnostic assessment using automated writing evaluation (AWE). "Criterion"®, was developed by Educational Testing Service to analyze students' papers grammatically, providing sentence-level error feedback. An interpretive argument was developed for its use as part of…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Writing Evaluation, Automation, Test Validity
Macqueen, Susy; Pill, John; Knoch, Ute – Language Testing, 2016
Objects that sit between intersecting social worlds, such as Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) tests, are "boundary objects"--dynamic, historically derived mechanisms which maintain coherence between worlds (Star & Griesemer, 1989). They emerge initially from sociopolitical mandates, such as the need to ensure a safe and efficient…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Health Personnel, Languages for Special Purposes, English (Second Language)
Huhta, Ari; Alanen, Riikka; Tarnanen, Mirja; Martin, Maisa; Hirvelä, Tuija – Language Testing, 2014
There is still relatively little research on how well the CEFR and similar holistic scales work when they are used to rate L2 texts. Using both multifaceted Rasch analyses and qualitative data from rater comments and interviews, the ratings obtained by using a CEFR-based writing scale and the Finnish National Core Curriculum scale for L2 writing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, Second Language Learning, Finno Ugric Languages
