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The Incremental Contribution of TOEIC® Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing Tests to Predicting Performance on Real-Life English Language Tasks
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Powers, Donald E.; Powers, Andrew – Language Testing, 2015
Typically, English language proficiency tests yield multiple scores--usually for each of the four traditional language domains. In order to maximize the usefulness of test scores, they may need to be accompanied by information concerning how they complement one another. Using self-assessments by some 2300 TOEIC test takers, this study aimed to…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Prediction
The Contribution of Test-Takers' Speech Content to Scores on an English Oral Proficiency Test
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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
Rater Bias Patterns in an EFL Writing Assessment
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Schaefer, Edward – Language Testing, 2008
The present study employed multi-faceted Rasch measurement (MFRM) to explore the rater bias patterns of native English-speaker (NES) raters when they rate EFL essays. Forty NES raters rated 40 essays written by female Japanese university students on a single topic adapted from the TOEFL Test of Written English (TWE). The essays were assessed using…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Program Effectiveness, Essays