Proficiency descriptors based on a scale-anchoring study of the new Toefl iBT reading test
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19380248 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pablo Garcia Gomez (Educational Testing Service), Aris Noah (Educational Testing Service), Mary Schedl (Educational Testing Service), Christine Wright (Educational Testing Service), Aline Yolkut (Educational Testing Service) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 417-444 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Testing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-5322 • E-ISSN: 1477-0946 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0265532207077209 |
| OpenAlex | W2004832001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
Providing information to test takers and test score users about the abilities of test takers at different score levels has been a persistent problem in educational and psychological measurement (Carroll, 1993). Since the 1990s Educational Testing Service has been investigating solutions to this problem through the development of proficiency scaling procedures and questiondifficulty research. In 1997 a proficiency scale was developed for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) Reading Comprehension section using a tree-based regression approach. The current study describes a scale-anchoring study of the new TOEFL iBT reading test and the resulting proficiency descriptors that are now part of the TOEFL iBT score report. The goal was to provide descriptive information about the abilities that test takers need in order to answer questions correctly. These abilities are those articulated in the new TOEFL Reading Framework and in the guidelines for writing test questions. Scale anchoring is a method of creating descriptors of the performance of test takers that is based on both empirical data and judgments by test developers. It has been used with a variety of assessments, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Descriptive statistics · Language assessment · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Reading comprehension · Standardized test · Statistics · Test of English as a Foreign Language · Test score · Computer Science · Educational Technology and Assessment · Mathematics · Online Learning and Analytics · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Artificial Intelligence
Reading in a foreign language
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Communicative Syllabus Design
Exploring Document Literacy
Research in Comprehension in Reading
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0.44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |