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Download full textBailey, Alison L.; Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Ballard, Laura – Educational Testing Service, 2022
The research note focuses on the alignment aspect of English language proficiency (ELP) assessments, one of the required types of validity evidence for the federal peer review process of states' assessment systems. A basic tenant of current U.S. education policy is the alignment between what a test assesses and what content has been determined as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Alignment (Education)
Papageorgiou, Spiros; Davis, Larry; Norris, John M.; Garcia Gomez, Pablo; Manna, Venessa F.; Monfils, Lora – Educational Testing Service, 2021
The "TOEFL® Essentials"™ test is a new English language proficiency test in the "TOEFL"® family of assessments. It measures foundational language skills and communication abilities in academic and general (daily life) contexts. The test covers the four language skills of reading, listening, writing, and speaking and is intended…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Schmidgall, Jonathan – Educational Testing Service, 2021
The redesigned "TOEIC Bridge"® tests are designed to measure the reading, listening, speaking, and writing proficiency of beginning to low-intermediate English learners in the context of everyday adult life. This report describes the comprehensive and multifaceted process used to enhance the meaningfulness of TOEIC Bridge test score…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Papageorgiou, Spiros; Xu, Xiaoqiu; Timpe-Laughlin, Veronika; Dugdale, Deborah M. – Educational Testing Service, 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the appropriateness of using the "TOEFL Primary®" tests to evaluate the language abilities of students learning English as a foreign language (EFL) through an online-delivered curriculum, the VIPKid Major Course (MC). Data include student test scores on the TOEFL Primary Listening and Reading tests…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Young, John W.; Holtzman, Steven; Steinberg, Jonathan – Educational Testing Service, 2011
In this research investigation of score comparability for language minority students (English language learners [ELLs] and former English language learners), we examined 3 indicators of score comparability (reliability, internal test structure, and differential item functioning) for 4th and 8th grade students who took the NCLB-mandated content…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Second Language Learning, Grade 8, Minority Group Students
Stricker, Lawrence J.; Attali, Yigal – Educational Testing Service, 2010
The principal aims of this study, a conceptual replication of an earlier investigation of the TOEFL[R] computer-based test, or TOEFL CBT, in Buenos Aires, Cairo, and Frankfurt, were to assess test takers' reported acceptance of the TOEFL Internet-based test, or TOEFL iBT[TM], and its associations with possible determinants of this acceptance and…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Questionnaires, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
McBride, Amanda – Educational Testing Service, 2008
The eighth "ETS Addressing Achievement Gaps Symposium" provided a public forum for educators, policymakers, and researchers to forge productive relationships that will advance their efforts to enhance the educational achievement of America's five million English-language learners (ELLs). The conference was held at ETS world headquarters in…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Achievement Gap
Shore, Jane R.; Sabatini, John – Educational Testing Service, 2009
The issue of identifying reading difficulties and disabilities in English language learners (ELLs) is a complex one. It is an area that draws on the diverse disciplines of first- and second-language acquisition, literacy, English language learning, and reading, including differences and disabilities research. This literature review aims to…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Elementary Secondary Education, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Educational Testing Service, 2008
This document describes the breadth of the research being conducted in 2008 by the Research and Development Division at Educational Testing Service (ETS). The research described falls into three large categories: (1) Research supported by the ETS research allocation; (2) Research funded by testing programs at ETS; and (3) Research funded by…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Testing Programs, Educational Testing, Educational Research
Kostin, Irene – Educational Testing Service, 2004
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between a set of item characteristics and the difficulty of TOEFL[R] dialogue items. Identifying characteristics that are related to item difficulty has the potential to improve the efficiency of the item-writing process The study employed 365 TOEFL dialogue items, which were coded on 49…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Difficulty Level, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
Educational Testing Service, 2006
Innovations, ETS's corporate magazine, provides information on educational assessment for educators, school leaders, researchers and policymakers around the world. This issue on how classroom assessments in five U.S. states and several foreign countries expand educational opportunities for all students. Articles in this issue include: (1) Keeping…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Periodicals, Educational Testing
Breland, Hunter; Lee, Yong-Won; Najarian, Michelle; Muraki, Eiji – Educational Testing Service, 2004
This investigation of the comparability of writing assessment prompts was conducted in two phases. In an exploratory Phase I, 47 writing prompts administered in the computer-based Test of English as a Foreign Language[TM] (TOEFL[R] CBT) from July through December 1998 were examined. Logistic regression procedures were used to estimate prompt…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Quality Control, Gender Differences, Writing Tests
