Alistair Van Moere

Biographic Data

ID8903145
NAMEAlistair Van Moere
GIVEN NAMESAlistair
FAMILY NAMEVan Moere
SIGNATUREVAN MOERE A
AFFILIATIONSMetaMetrics Inc, USA
ORCID0000-0002-6631-5318
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX0

  • Repeated test-taking and longitudinal test score analysis

    Open AccessAnthony Green, Alistair Van MoereARTICLELanguage Testing2020

  • A Bayesian approach to improving measurement precision over multiple test occasions

    Open AccessAlistair Van Moere, Sean Hanlon et al.ARTICLELanguage Testing2020

    In language assessment and in educational measurement more broadly, there is a tendency to interpret scores from single-administration tests as accurate indicators of a latent trait (e.g., reading ability). Even in contexts where learners receive multiple formative assessments throughout the year, estimates of student ability are determined based on the most recent assessment. This paper demonstrates a technique that incorporates prior test score…

  • Paired and Group Oral Assessment

    Open AccessAlistair Van MoereCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics2012

    The paired and group oral assessment formats involve candidates interacting together to perform a task while one or more examiners observe their performances and rate their language proficiency.

  • Validation of Automated Scoring of Oral Reading

    Open AccessJennifer Balogh, Jared Bernstein et al.ARTICLEEducational and Psychological…2012

    A two-part experiment is presented that validates a new measurement tool for scoring oral reading ability. Data collected by the U.S. government in a large-scale literacy assessment of adults were analyzed by a system called VersaReader that uses automatic speech recognition and speech processing technologies to score oral reading fluency. In the first part of the experiment, human raters rated oral reading performances to establish a criterion m…

  • A psycholinguistic approach to oral language assessment

    Open AccessAlistair Van MoereARTICLELanguage Testing2012

    This paper presents a framework for incorporating the assessment of psycholinguistic constructs into spoken language proficiency testing. Although response time and automaticity of language processing are vital factors in language acquisition, as constructs they are rarely explicitly assessed in language tests. It is proposed that efficiency of processing, although it does not appear in most models of communicative language competence, might be v…

  • Validating automated speaking tests

    Open AccessJared Bernstein, Alistair Van Moere et al.ARTICLELanguage Testing2010

    This paper presents evidence that supports the valid use of scores from fully automatic tests of spoken language ability to indicate a person’s effectiveness in spoken communication. The paper reviews the constructs, scoring, and the concurrent validity evidence of ‘facility-in-L2’ tests, a family of automated spoken language tests in Spanish, Dutch, Arabic, and English. The facility-in-L2 tests are designed to measure receptive and productive la…

  • Test review

    Open AccessAlistair Van MoereARTICLELanguage Testing2009

  • Validity evidence in a university group oral test

    Open AccessAlistair Van MoereARTICLELanguage Testing2006

    This article investigates a group oral test as administered at a university in Japan to find if it is appropriate to use scores for higher stakes decision making. It is one component of an in-house English proficiency test used for placing students, evaluating their progress, and making informed decisions for the development of the English language curriculum. The implementation of a cut-score for students to advance through the university system…