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Download full textDeane, Paul; Gurevich, Olga – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
For many purposes, it is useful to collect a corpus of texts all produced to the same stimulus, whether to measure performance (as on a test) or to test hypotheses about population differences. This paper examines several methods for measuring similarities in phrasing and content and demonstrates that these methods can be used to identify…
Descriptors: Test Content, Computational Linguistics, Native Speakers, Writing Tests
Kitao, Kenji; Kitao, S. Kathleen – 1996
After tests are administered, they are scored and the scores are given back to the students. If the real purpose of the test is to improve student learning, simply returning the scores is not sufficient. The first step in evaluating test results is to be sure that the test has tested the intended concepts and content. Calculating the mean and the…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Feedback
