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Teymour Rahmati; Musa Nushi – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2023
Drawing on duoethnography, the teacher researchers in the present study interacted with the relevant literature, engaged in dialogs, and shared artifacts to examine their knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding fairness and justice considerations in technology-enhanced language classroom assessment. Under the domain of knowledge, they…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, High Stakes Tests
Bakhoda, Iman; Shabani, Karim – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
Computerized dynamic assessment (C-DA) brings the rationality of assessment-instruction integration behind dynamic assessment (DA) into computerized context through the presentation of electronic mediations (Poehner). This study attempts to unravel L2 learners' actual/developed ability and learning potential in a C-DA reading comprehension context…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Computer Assisted Instruction
East, Martin – Assessing Writing, 2006
Writing assessment essentially juxtaposes two elements: how "good writing" is to be defined, and how "good measurement" of that writing is to be carried out. The timed test is often used in large-scale L2 writing assessments because it is considered to provide reliable measurement. It is, however, highly inauthentic. One way of enhancing…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Timed Tests, Dictionaries

Douglas, Dan – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1995
Reviews recent theoretical, methodological, and analytical developments in language testing, focusing on more refined models of language ability, reliability and validity, performance testing, innovative test formats, new applications of Item Response Theory and Generalizability Theory to test performance. An annotated bibliography discusses seven…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency, Language Tests

Chalhoub-Deville, Micheline – Foreign Language Annals, 1997
Reports on the Minnesota Articulation Project, providing an overview of the projects' three principal working groups: political action, curriculum, and assessment. The article then outlines the theoretical underpinnings of the proficiency-based assessment instruments developed in French, German, and Spanish and describes in detail the content and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), French, German, Language Proficiency

Murphey, Tim – TESOL Journal, 1995
Examines ways to involve language students in the test-making process. Discusses student-generated test items, test goals, outdoor paired vocabulary testing, interactive grading, and peer testing. Argues that student learning is more important than test scores. (nine references) (MDM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Nakamura, Yuji – Educational Studies, 2001
This paper examines the rating scale data of oral proficiency tests analyzed by a Rasch Analysis focusing on an item map and factor analysis. In discussing the item map, the difficulty order of six items and students' answering patterns are analyzed using descriptive statistics and measures of central tendency of test scores. The data ranks the…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language), Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
Hargett, Gary R. – 1998
The purposes and methods of testing in bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) education are discussed. Different instruments, including specific published tests, are listed and described briefly. They include language proficiency assessments, achievement tests, and assessments in special education. Introductory sections address topics…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Bilingual Education, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cloze Procedure