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Gehsmann, Kristin; Spichtig, Alexandra; Tousley, Elias – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2017
Assessments of developmental spelling, also called spelling inventories, are commonly used to understand students' orthographic knowledge (i.e., knowledge of how written words work) and to determine their stages of spelling and reading development. The information generated by these assessments is used to inform teachers' grouping practices and…
Descriptors: Spelling, Computer Assisted Testing, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Teaching Methods
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Carr, Nathan T.; Xi, Xiaoming – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2010
This article examines how the use of automated scoring procedures for short-answer reading tasks can affect the constructs being assessed. In particular, it highlights ways in which the development of scoring algorithms intended to apply the criteria used by human raters can lead test developers to reexamine and even refine the constructs they…
Descriptors: Scoring, Automation, Reading Tests, Test Format