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Bouderbane, Abderrahim – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2022
This article examines a very thorny issue of testing English for Specific Purposes (ESP) through the barcode correction system to evaluate the usefulness of distance education. The system was used for the first time as a type of assessment which focuses on enriching student's minimum vocabulary in a variety of English for specific contexts.…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Nonmajors, Language Tests, Student Evaluation
Marrs, Heath; De Leon, Melissa; Lawless, Timothy – School Psychology Review, 2022
Disproportionality in the identification of disabilities among children who are culturally and linguistically diverse is an ongoing challenge for educators. A practice that may help address issues of disproportionality is the use of universal screening and progress monitoring data for academic skills as well as English language proficiency data to…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Data Use, Oral Reading
Leonard, Karen; Bonilla, Nancy – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
This study examined the perceived and assessed speaking proficiency levels of 10 in-service Spanish teachers, their use of Spanish in and outside of work, and factors that motivate or hinder the maintenance or development of their proficiency. It also compared their current proficiency levels with their proficiency levels before completion of…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2022
This article gives examples of mobile vocabulary apps (MVAs) that can be downloaded from the Google Play or Apple App Stores and used as extension activities or a supplement to in-class vocabulary instruction in EFL such as English word study, advanced English vocabulary, test your English vocabulary, English vocabulary level I, II & III, 1000…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices, Vocabulary Development
Keri M. Madsen; Lindsey A. Peters-Sanders; Elizabeth Spencer Kelley; Robert Michael Barker; Yagmur Seven; Wendy L. Olsen; Xigrid Soto-Boykin; Howard Goldstein – Grantee Submission, 2022
A cluster randomized design was used to investigate effects of the Story Friends vocabulary curriculum on learning of 84 preschoolers in 24 classrooms who were at risk for language difficulties. Children in the treatment condition received explicit vocabulary instruction of 36 words during small-group storybook listening centers with extended…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Vocabulary Development, Preschool Children, At Risk Students
Khan, Kiren S.; Logan, Jessica; Justice, Laura M.; Bowles, Ryan P.; Piasta, Shayne B. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Narrative skill represents a higher-level linguistic skill that shows incremental development in the preschool years. During these years, there are considerable individual differences in this skill, with some children being highly skilled narrators (i.e., precocious) relative to peers of their age. In this study, we explored the…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Narration, Language Skills, Age Differences
Chung, Seungwon; Cai, Li – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2021
In the research reported here, we propose a new method for scale alignment and test scoring in the context of supporting students with disabilities. In educational assessment, students from these special populations take modified tests because of a demonstrated disability that requires more assistance than standard testing accommodation. Updated…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Scoring, Achievement Tests, Test Items
Russell, Michael; Szendey, Olivia; Kaplan, Larry – Educational Assessment, 2021
Differential Item Function (DIF) analysis is commonly employed to examine potential bias produced by a test item. Since its introduction DIF analyses have focused on potential bias related to broad categories of oppression, including gender, racial stratification, economic class, and ableness. More recently, efforts to examine the effects of…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Achievement Tests, Individual Characteristics, Disadvantaged
Rahman, Kh. Atikur; Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub Ibna; Hasan, Md. Kamrul; Namaziandost, Ehsan; Tilwani, Shouket Ahmad – Language Testing in Asia, 2021
This paper presents the findings of a study which aimed at exploring the washback of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) English examinations on English teaching and learning practice at secondary schools in Bangladesh. For this purpose, a qualitative research (employing interviews with English teachers, FGDs with students and classroom…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Rao, Chaitra; T. A., Sumathi; Midha, Rashi; Oberoi, Geet; Kar, Bhoomika; Khan, Masarrat; Vaidya, Kshipra; Midya, Vishal; Raman, Nitya; Gajre, Mona; Singh, Nandini Chatterjee – Annals of Dyslexia, 2021
A majority of Indian schoolchildren are biliterate in that they acquire literacy in at least two language systems, necessitating dyslexia assessment in both. The DALI-DAB assesses risk for dyslexia by evaluating reading ability and literacy-learning potential through a battery including literacy tests (letter and word reading, spelling, nonword…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dyslexia, Reading Tests, Diagnostic Tests
Zhang, Lin; Jin, Yan – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2021
The computer-based College English Test-Spoken English Test (CET-SET) in China incorporates interactional competence in its construct by using a non-face-to-face paired discussion task. To build validity arguments for this unique computer-mediated interactive task, the present study investigated the impact of delivery mode on test performance in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Hernandez, Isaac Frausto – Open Journal for Educational Research, 2021
The purpose of this article is to explore the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) assessment under its Institutional Testing Program (ITP) modality as it acts as a curriculum artifact along Mexican undergraduate degree programs considered within the exit criteria. A discourse historical approach (DHA) (Wodak, 2008; Wodak & Meyer,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Exit Examinations
Kenn Apel; Victoria S. Henbest; Yaacov Petscher – Grantee Submission, 2021
Purpose: We examined whether diverse profiles of strengths and weaknesses would emerge when assessing different aspects of morphological awareness in first- through sixth-grade students using a recently developed standardized test, the Morphological Awareness Test for Reading and Spelling (MATRS; Apel et al., 2021). Method: Four thousand…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Elementary School Students, Language Tests, Standardized Tests
Stefan O'Grady – International Journal of Listening, 2025
Language assessment is increasingly computermediated. This development presents opportunities with new task formats and equally a need for renewed scrutiny of established conventions. Recent recommendations to increase integrated skills assessment in lecture comprehension tests is premised on empirical research that demonstrates enhanced construct…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Lecture Method, Listening Comprehension Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
Shungo Suzuki; Judit Kormos – Language Testing, 2025
The current study examined the extent to which first language (L1) utterance fluency measures can predict second language (L2) fluency and how L2 proficiency moderates the relationship between L1 and L2 fluency. A total of 104 Japanese-speaking learners of English completed different argumentative speech tasks in their L1 and L2. Their speaking…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Fluency