Meaningful Language Test Scores: Research to enhance score interpretation
Edited by Spiros Papageorgiou and Venessa F. Manna
[Innovations in Language Learning and Assessment, 1] 2023. x, 172 pp.
Venessa F. Manna
List of John Benjamins publications for which Venessa F. Manna plays a role.
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Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching
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2023 Chapter 7. Mapping TOEFL® Essentials™ speaking and writing scores to the CEFR levels Meaningful Language Test Scores: Research to enhance score interpretation, Papageorgiou, Spiros and Venessa F. Manna (eds.), pp. 120–140 | Chapter
This chapter describes a study to map scores from a new English language proficiency assessment, the TOEFL® Essentials™ test, to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). The project started with a comparison of content between the TOEFL Essentials test and the CEFR descriptors, which… read more
2023 Chapter 2. Considerations in developing vertical scales for language tests Meaningful Language Test Scores: Research to enhance score interpretation, Papageorgiou, Spiros and Venessa F. Manna (eds.), pp. 14–34 | Chapter
This chapter provides a framework for building vertical scales, for language assessments in general and for the TOEFL® Family of Assessments in particular. Topics covered include aspects of vertical scale design (growth definitions, vertical articulation, data collection), statistical methods… read more
2023 Chapter 1. Overview of research to enhance score interpretation Meaningful Language Test Scores: Research to enhance score interpretation, Papageorgiou, Spiros and Venessa F. Manna (eds.), pp. 1–11 | Chapter
The primary motivation for administering a language test is to use its scores to facilitate decisions of various kinds about language proficiency. Score-based decisions can be extremely consequential, both for test takers but also for test score users, such as universities and employers, and… read more