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Validity Inferences under High-Stakes Conditions: A Response from Language Testing
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Hill, Kathryn; McNamara, Tim – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2015
Those who work in second- and foreign-language testing often find Koretz's concern for validity inferences under high-stakes (VIHS) conditions both welcome and familiar. While the focus of the article is more narrowly on the potential for two instructional responses to test-based accountability, "reallocation" and "coaching,"…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Validity, High Stakes Tests, Inferences
An Acknowledgment of Concern and a Concern for Lack of Acknowledgment.
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Traugott, Elizabeth Closs; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1992
Two members and a former member of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) Policy Council respond to Raimes' concerns about the TOEFL Test of Written English, particularly regarding the Educational Testing Service's research agenda and its effect on English-as-a-Second-Language instruction and graduate school admission. (17 references)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Equal Education, Essays, Graduate Study
Two Commentaries on Ann Raimes's "The TOEFL Test of Written English: Causes for Concern."
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Connor, Ulla; Raimes, Ann – TESOL Quarterly, 1992
Connor comments on Raimes' research on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) essay component, the Test of Written English (TWE), and the practices of the Educational Testing Service. Raimes' response is directed toward the TWE research agenda. (five references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Essays, Language Research, Language Tests