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Direct linkPeiyu Wang; Liying Cheng – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2025
This study employed a multi-methods design to investigate the impact of preparation on Chinese test-takers' perceptions of the integrated TOEFL iBT speaking and writing design. Combining results from over 1700 surveys and 10 interviews, it was found that these Chinese test-takers, who are the most vulnerable group in the multimillion testing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests
Download full textYi Zou; Ying Zheng; Jingwen Wang – International Journal of Language Testing, 2025
The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE-A), a widely used high-stakes language proficiency test for university admissions and migration purposes, underwent a notable change from a three-hour to a two-hour version in November 2021. The implementation of the new version has prompted inquiries into the washback effects on various stakeholders.…
Descriptors: Testing Problems, Test Preparation, High Stakes Tests, English (Second Language)
Aryadoust, Vahid – Language Testing, 2023
Construct validity and building validity arguments are some of the main challenges facing the language assessment community. The notion of construct validity and validity arguments arose from research in psychological assessment and developed into the gold standard of validation/validity research in language assessment. At a theoretical level,…
Descriptors: Testing Problems, Test Validity, Second Language Learning, Construct Validity
Patrisius Istiarto Djiwandono; Daniel Ginting – Language Education & Assessment, 2025
The teaching of English as a foreign language in Indonesia has a long history, and it is always important to ask whether the assessment of the students' language skills has been valid and reliable. A screening of many articles in several prominent databases reveal that a number of evaluation studies have been done by Indonesian scholars in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
