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Phelps, Geoffrey; Bridgeman, Brent; Yan, Fred; Steinberg, Jonathan; Weren, Barbara; Zhou, Jiawen – ETS Research Report Series, 2020
In this report we provide preliminary evidence on the measurement characteristics for a new type of teaching performance assessment designed to be combined with complementary assessments of teacher content knowledge. The resulting test, which we refer to as the Foundational Assessment of Competencies for Teaching (FACT), is designed for use as…
Descriptors: Teacher Competency Testing, Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Certification
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Ramineni, Chaitanya; Trapani, Catherine S.; Williamson, David M. – ETS Research Report Series, 2015
Automated scoring models were trained and evaluated for the essay task in the "Praxis I"® writing test. Prompt-specific and generic "e-rater"® scoring models were built, and evaluation statistics, such as quadratic weighted kappa, Pearson correlation, and standardized differences in mean scores, were examined to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Teacher Competency Testing, Scoring
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Gu, Lin; Turkan, Sultan; Gomez, Pablo Garcia – ETS Research Report Series, 2015
ELTeach is an online professional development program developed by Educational Testing Service (ETS) in collaboration with National Geographic Learning. The ELTeach program consists of two courses: English-for-Teaching and Professional Knowledge for English Language Teaching (ELT). Each course includes a coordinated assessment leading to a score…
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Test Items, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction