Since test items are the building blocks of any test, learning how to develop and validate test
items has always been critical to the teaching-learning process. As they grow in importance …

Two factors were investigated that are thought to contribute to consistency in rater scoring
judgments: rater training and experience in scoring. Also considered were the relative …

This chapter reviews research findings on listener background characteristics that influence
evaluations of L2 accented speech, and discusses how these findings may affect both …

** WINNER OF ILTA/SAGE Best Book Award 2020** Assessing English for Professional
Purposes provides a state-of-the-art account of the various kinds of language assessments …

We addressed Deville and Chalhoub-Deville's (2006), Schoonen's (2012), and Xi and
Mollaun's (2006) call for research into the contextual features that are considered related to …

Because rubrics are the foundation of a rater's scoring process, principled rubric use
requires systematic review as rubrics are adopted and adapted (Crusan, 2010, p. 72) into …

A short training program for evaluating responses to an essay writing task consisted of
scoring 20 training essays with immediate feedback about the correct score. The same …

We explore how a local rating scale can be based on the Common European Framework
CEF-proficiency scales. As part of the scale validation (Alderson, 1991; Lumley, 2002), we …

We compared three assessor types (self-assessors, peer-assessors, and teacher assessors)
to determine whether they differed in the levels of severity they exercised when rating …

Rater-mediated performance assessment (RMPA) is a critical component of interpreter
certification testing systems worldwide. Given the acknowledged rater variability in RMPA …