This paper provides an overview of e-rater®, a state-of-the-art automated essay scoring system developed at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). E-rater is used as part of the operational scoring of two high-stakes graduate admissions programs: the GRE® General Test and the TOEFL iBT® assessments. E-rater is also used to provide score reporting and diagnostic feedback in Criterion SM , ETS’s ...

For the first time, this study combined models and principles of authentic assessment from two parallel fields of applied linguistics as well as general education to investigate the authenticity of the TOEFL iBT speaking module. The study consisted of two major parts, namely task analysis and task survey. Utilizing Bachman and Palmer’s (1996) definition of authenticity, the task analysis examin...

Abstract: English course institutions are one of the most sought after non-formal education places to learn and improve language skills, especially be able master TOEFL well. To choose a suitable institution, that is by visiting respective places. Of course, things like this take lot time, effort, money. For reason, decision support system needed can provide recommendations for best using TOPSI...

A key piece of a validity argument for language assessment tool is clear overlap between tasks and the target use (TLU) domain (i.e., description inference). The TOEFL 2000 Spoken Written Academic Language (T2K-SWAL) corpus, which represents variety academic registers disciplines in traditional learning environments (e.g., lectures, office hours, textbooks, course packs), has served as an impor...