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Direct linkAndrew Runge; Sarah Goodwin; Yigal Attali; Mya Poe; Phoebe Mulcaire; Kai-Ling Lo; Geoffrey T. LaFlair – Language Testing, 2025
A longstanding criticism of traditional high-stakes writing assessments is their use of static prompts in which test takers compose a single text in response to a prompt. These static prompts do not allow measurement of the writing process. This paper describes the development and validation of an innovative interactive writing task. After the…
Descriptors: Material Development, Writing Evaluation, Writing Assignments, Writing Skills
Sciurba, Katie; Uphus, Kate; Escobar, Sonia – Reading Teacher, 2022
In this teaching tip, we--a literacy professor and two K-12 teachers--encourage a rethinking of the baseline writing assessment by sharing our experiences with "The Paper Selfie," an activity that juxtaposes the arts and young people's personal writing. By centering students' identities, their hopes, beliefs, dreams, and realities,…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Personal Narratives, Fine Arts, Identification (Psychology)
Li, Rui – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2023
Despite the popularity of automated writing evaluation (AWE) that has provoked an increased scholarly interest, synthesized research to comprehensively understand its pedagogical effects is still in paucity. To fill the gap, this study aims to meta-analyse the overall effect of AWE on learners' writing skill development and whether the effect…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Automation, Writing Skills
Pearson, William S. – SAGE Open, 2022
Due to pressure to meet goals, some test-takers preparing for the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Writing test solicit written feedback (WF) from an expert provider on their rehearsal essays, in order to identify and close gaps in performance. The extent self-directed candidates are able to utilize written feedback to enhance…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Learner Engagement, Student Reaction
Soohye Yeom – ProQuest LLC, 2023
With the wide introduction of English-medium instruction (EMI) to higher education institutions throughout East Asian countries, many East Asian universities are using English proficiency tests that were not originally designed for this context to make admissions and placement decisions. To support the use of these tests in this new EMI context,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Writing Tests
Wang, Yi-Chien – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
This study explored the effects of technology-mediated task-based language teaching (TMTBLT) in an English as a foreign language (EFL) writing course on students' descriptive writing performance. A quasi-experiment was conducted. Students in two writing courses were recruited and randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
