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Direct linkMichael Suhan; Mikyung Kim Wolf – Language Testing, 2026
Large language models, such as OpenAI's GPT-4, have the potential to revolutionize automated writing evaluation (AWE). The present study examines the performance of the GPT-4 model in evaluating the writing of young English as a foreign language learners. Responses to three constructed response tasks (n = 1908) on Educational Testing Service's…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Automation, Computer Assisted Testing, Scoring
Kyle, Kristopher; Crossley, Scott A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Language Testing, 2016
This study explores the construct validity of speaking tasks included in the TOEFL iBT (e.g., integrated and independent speaking tasks). Specifically, advanced natural language processing (NLP) tools, MANOVA difference statistics, and discriminant function analyses (DFA) are used to assess the degree to which and in what ways responses to these…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Natural Language Processing, Speech Skills, Speech Acts
Enright, Mary K.; Quinlan, Thomas – Language Testing, 2010
E-rater[R] is an automated essay scoring system that uses natural language processing techniques to extract features from essays and to model statistically human holistic ratings. Educational Testing Service has investigated the use of e-rater, in conjunction with human ratings, to score one of the two writing tasks on the TOEFL-iBT[R] writing…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Scoring, Essays, Language Processing
Chapelle, Carol A.; Chung, Yoo-Ree – Language Testing, 2010
Advances in natural language processing (NLP) and automatic speech recognition and processing technologies offer new opportunities for language testing. Despite their potential uses on a range of language test item types, relatively little work has been done in this area, and it is therefore not well understood by test developers, researchers or…
Descriptors: Test Items, Computational Linguistics, Testing, Language Tests
