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Direct linkHuang, Becky H.; Bailey, Alison L.; Sass, Daniel A.; Shawn Chang, Yung-hsiang – Language Testing, 2021
Given the increasing emphasis of communicative competence in English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts and the lack of validation research on speaking assessments for adolescent EFL learners, in the current study we examined the validity of the TOEFL Junior® speaking test, a relatively new speaking assessment developed by Educational Testing…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Xueping Li; Yiru Wang – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
This study examines how the genre of input text influences Chinese young EFL learners' performance on continuation tasks. Participants were 30 students in Grade 9 and repeated-measures design was adopted to compare their performance on narrative and argumentative continuation tasks, in terms of writing quality, CAF indicators as well as alignment.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Task Analysis
Download full textNastasia Schreiner; Aleksandr Shneyderman – Office of Assessment, Research, and Data Analysis, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2024
Every school year, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) students take a standardized state assessment in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics. During the 2022-2023 school year, a new version of the state assessment was implemented, titled the Florida Assessment for Student Thinking (FAST). The FAST is administered at three timepoints…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests, Predictive Validity, Mathematics Tests
Steedle, Jeffrey; Quesen, Sarah; Boyd, Aimee – Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, 2017
On the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessments, the attainment of performance level 4 is intended to indicate college readiness or being "on track" to college and career readiness. Students who achieve Level 4 should have a 0.75 probability of attaining at least a C in entry-level,…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Test Validity, Longitudinal Studies
Chung, Siuman; Espin, Christine A. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2013
The reliability and validity of three curriculum-based measures as indicators of learning English as a foreign language were examined. Participants were 260 Dutch students in Grades 8 and 9 who were receiving English-language instruction. Predictor measures were maze-selection, Dutch-to-English word translation, and English-to-Dutch word…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Progress Monitoring, Secondary School Students, Second Language Learning
Attali, Yigal; Burstein, Jill – ETS Research Report Series, 2005
The e-rater® system has been used by ETS for automated essay scoring since 1999. This paper describes a new version of e-rater (v.2.0) that differs from the previous one (v.1.3) with regard to the feature set and model building approach. The paper describes the new version, compares the new and previous versions in terms of performance, and…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Automation, Scoring, Comparative Analysis
