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Direct linkWang, Zhen; Zechner, Klaus; Sun, Yu – Language Testing, 2018
As automated scoring systems for spoken responses are increasingly used in language assessments, testing organizations need to analyze their performance, as compared to human raters, across several dimensions, for example, on individual items or based on subgroups of test takers. In addition, there is a need in testing organizations to establish…
Descriptors: Automation, Scoring, Speech Tests, Language Tests
Download full textLoukina, Anastassia; Zechner, Klaus; Yoon, Su-Youn; Zhang, Mo; Tao, Jidong; Wang, Xinhao; Lee, Chong Min; Mulholland, Matthew – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
This report presents an overview of the "SpeechRater"? automated scoring engine model building and evaluation process for several item types with a focus on a low-English-proficiency test-taker population. We discuss each stage of speech scoring, including automatic speech recognition, filtering models for nonscorable responses, and…
Descriptors: Automation, Scoring, Speech Tests, Test Items
Chen, Lei; Zechner, Klaus; Yoon, Su-Youn; Evanini, Keelan; Wang, Xinhao; Loukina, Anatassia; Tap, Jidong; Davis, Lawrence; Lee, Chong Min; Ma, Min; Mundowsky, Robert; Lu, Chi; Leong, Chee Wee; Gyawali, Binod – ETS Research Report Series, 2018
This research report provides an overview of the R&D efforts at Educational Testing Service related to its capability for automated scoring of nonnative spontaneous speech with the "SpeechRater"? automated scoring service since its initial version was deployed in 2006. While most aspects of this R&D work have been published in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Scoring, Test Scoring Machines, Speech Tests
Xi, Xiaoming; Higgins, Derrick; Zechner, Klaus; Williamson, David M. – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
This report presents the results of a research and development effort for SpeechRater? Version 1.0 (v1.0), an automated scoring system for the spontaneous speech of English language learners used operationally in the Test of English as a Foreign Language™ (TOEFL®) Practice Online assessment (TPO). The report includes a summary of the validity…
Descriptors: Speech, Scoring, Scoring Rubrics, Scoring Formulas
