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Direct linkBaghaei, Purya; Christensen, Karl Bang – Language Testing, 2023
C-tests are gap-filling tests mainly used as rough and economical measures of second-language proficiency for placement and research purposes. A C-test usually consists of several short independent passages where the second half of every other word is deleted. Owing to their interdependent structure, C-test items violate the local independence…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
He, Ling; Shi, Ling – Language Testing, 2012
This study investigates the effects of topical knowledge on ESL (English as a Second Language) writing performance in the English Language Proficiency Index (LPI), a standardized English proficiency test used by many post-secondary institutions in western Canada. The participants were 50 students with different levels of English proficiency…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Achievement Tests, Essays, Foreign Countries
Sato, Takanori – Language Testing, 2012
The content that test-takers attempt to convey is not always included in the construct definition of "general" English oral proficiency tests, although some English-for-academic-purposes (EAP) speaking tests and most writing tests tend to place great emphasis on the evaluation of the content or ideas in the performance. This study…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Writing Tests, Language Tests, Achievement Tests
Kenyon, Dorry M.; MacGregor, David; Li, Dongyang; Cook, H. Gary – Language Testing, 2011
One of the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act is that states show adequate yearly progress in their English language learners' (ELLs) acquisition of English language proficiency. States are required to assess ELLs' English language proficiency annually in four language domains (listening, reading, writing, and speaking) to measure their…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Fox, Janna; Fairbairn, Shelley – Language Testing, 2011
This article reviews Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners ("ACCESS for ELLs"[R]), which is a large-scale, high-stakes, standards-based, and criterion-referenced English language proficiency test administered in the USA annually to more than 840,000 English Language Learners (ELLs), in…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Feedback (Response), Instructional Design, Testing Accommodations
Peer reviewedStansfield, Charles W. – Language Testing, 2003
Discusses theoretical and practical issues pertaining to translation or adaptation of educational assessments in the United States. These include the role of language proficiency and academic background in performance on standards-based achievement tests in different languages, factors affecting the decision to translate tests in different…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Abbott, Marilyn L. – Language Testing, 2007
In this article, I describe a practical application of the Roussos and Stout (1996) multidimensional analysis framework for interpreting group performance differences on an ESL reading proficiency test. Although a variety of statistical methods have been developed for flagging test items that function differentially for equal ability examinees…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Test Items, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Van Moere, Alistair – Language Testing, 2006
This article investigates a group oral test as administered at a university in Japan to find if it is appropriate to use scores for higher stakes decision making. It is one component of an in-house English proficiency test used for placing students, evaluating their progress, and making informed decisions for the development of the English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Generalizability Theory, Achievement Tests, English (Second Language)
