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Analysis of Discourse Features and Verification of Scoring Levels for Independent and Integrated Prototype Written Tasks for the New TOEFL®. TOEFL® Monograph Series. MS-30. ETS RM-05-13

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Cumming, Alister; Kantor, Robert; Baba, Kyoko; Eouanzoui, Keanre; Erdosy, Usman; James, Mark – ETS Research Report Series, 2006

We assessed whether and how the discourse written for prototype integrated tasks (involving writing in response to print or audio source texts) field tested for the new TOEFL® differs from the discourse written for independent essays (i.e., the TOEFL essay). We selected 216 compositions written for 6 tasks by 36 examinees in a field…

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Essays, Scores, Language Proficiency

A Study of Fatigue Effects from the New SAT®. Research Report No. 2004-5. ETS RR-04-46

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Liu, Jinghua; Allspach, Jill R.; Feigenbaum, Miriam; Oh, Hyeon-Joo; Burton, Nancy – College Entrance Examination Board, 2004

This study evaluated whether the addition of a writing section to the SAT Reasoning Test™ (referred to as the SAT® in this study) would impact test-taker performance because of fatigue caused by increased test length. The study also investigated test-takers' subjective feelings of fatigue. Ninety-seven test-takers were randomly assigned to three…

Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Writing Skills, Fatigue (Biology), Influences