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Direct linkYu-Tzu Chang; Ann Tai Choe; Daniel Holden; Daniel R. Isbell – Language Testing, 2024
In this Brief Report, we describe an evaluation of and revisions to a rubric adapted from the Jacobs et al.'s (1981) ESL COMPOSITION PROFILE, with four rubric categories and 20-point rating scales, in the context of an intensive English program writing placement test. Analysis of 4 years of rating data (2016-2021, including 434 essays) using…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Rating Scales, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Bowles, Melissa A. – Language Testing, 2022
This study details the development of a local test designed to place university Spanish students (n = 719) into one of the four different course levels and to distinguish between traditional L2 learners and early bilinguals on the basis of their linguistic knowledge, regardless of the variety of Spanish they were exposed to. Early bilinguals…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Placement, Placement Tests, Second Language Learning
