OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Language Testing is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A comprehensive review of Rasch measurement in language assessment: Recommendations and guidelines for research	59
Test Review: Current options in at-home language proficiency tests for making high-stakes decisions	34
A meta-analysis of self-assessment and language performance in language testing and assessment	31
“Am I qualified to be a language tester?”: Understanding the development of language assessment literacy across three stakeholder groups	27
Automated scoring of junior and senior high essays using Coh-Metrix features: Implications for large-scale language testing	23
The effect of response order on candidate viewing behaviour and item difficulty in a multiple-choice listening test	22
Developing individualized feedback for listening assessment: Combining standard setting and cognitive diagnostic assessment approaches	21
Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK): A multi-level, multi-purpose proficiency test	19
An eye-tracking study of attention to visual cues in L2 listening tests	18
What can gaze behaviors, neuroimaging data, and test scores tell us about test method effects and cognitive load in listening assessments?	17
Young learners’ voices: Towards a learner-centered approach to understanding language assessment literacy	16
Interpreting testing and assessment: A state-of-the-art review	15
More efficient processes for creating automated essay scoring frameworks: A demonstration of two algorithms	15
Using confidence intervals to determine adequate item sample sizes for vocabulary tests: An essential but overlooked practice	15
What scores from monologic speaking tests can(not) tell us about interactional competence	14
Examining the L2 reading comprehension ability of adult ELLs: Developing a diagnostic test within the cognitive diagnostic assessment framework	13
The typology of second language listening constructs: A systematic review	11
Revisiting rating scale development for rater-mediated language performance assessments: Modelling construct and contextual choices made by scale developers	10
Drawing on repeat test takers to study test preparation practices and their links to score gains	10
Examining the effects of different English speech varieties on an L2 academic listening comprehension test at the item level	10
Hong Kong secondary students’ perspectives on selecting test difficulty level and learner washback: Effects of a graded approach to assessment	8
Critical language assessment literacy of EFL teachers: Scale construction and validation	8
Dimensionality of speech fluency: Examining the relationships among complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) features of speaking performances on the Aptis test	7
Exploring which test-taker characteristics predict young L2 learners’ performance on listening and reading comprehension tests	7
Assessing Rasch measurement estimation methods across R packages with yes/no vocabulary test data	7

The longitudinal stability of rating characteristics in an EFL examination: Methodological and substantive considerations	7
Predicting communicative effectiveness in the international workplace: Support for TOEIC^® Speaking test scores from linguistic laypersons	6
Investigating and optimizing score dependability of a local ITA speaking test across language groups: A generalizability theory approach	6
Adaptation of the British Sign Language Receptive Skills Test into Polish Sign Language	6
Bridging local needs and national standards: Use of standards-based individualized feedback of an in-house EFL listening test in China	6
The vexing problem of validity and the future of second language assessment	6
An investigation of the validity of a speaking assessment for adolescent English language learners	6
Local tests, local contexts	6
Application of an Automated Essay Scoring engine to English writing assessment using Many-Facet Rasch Measurement	5
A comparative judgment approach to assessing Chinese Sign Language interpreting	5
Testing young foreign language learners’ reading comprehension: Exploring the effects of working memory, grade level, and reading task	4
Register variation in spoken and written language use across technology-mediated and non-technology-mediated learning environments	4
Review of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test	4
But who trains the language teacher educator who trains the language teacher? An empirical investigation of Chilean EFL teacher educators’ language assessment literacy	4
Test-taker insights for language assessment policies and practices	4
Developing a level-specific checklist for assessing EFL writing	4
Linking scores from two written receptive English academic vocabulary tests—The VLT-Ac and the AVT	3
Psychometric approaches to analyzing C-tests	3
The relationship among accent familiarity, shared L1, and comprehensibility: A path analysis perspective	3
A look into the practices and challenges of assessing young EFL learners’ writing in Croatia	3
What the analytic versus holistic scoring of international teaching assistants can reveal: Lexical grammar matters	3
Developing a local academic English listening test using authentic unscripted audio-visual texts	3
The domain expert perspective: A qualitative study into the views expressed in a standard-setting exercise on a language for specific purposes (LSP) test for health professionals	3
How do raters learn to rate? Many-facet Rasch modeling of rater performance over the course of a rater certification program	3
Reflecting on assessing young foreign language learners	3
Innovation and expansion in Language Testing for changing times	3
Investigating the impact of self-pacing on the L2 listening performance of young learner candidates with differing L1 literacy skills	3
A meta-analysis on the predictive validity of English language proficiency assessments for college admissions	3
Local placement test retrofit and building language assessment literacy with teacher stakeholders: A case study from Colombia	2
Modeling local item dependence in C-tests with the loglinear Rasch model	2
Speaking performances, stakeholder perceptions, and test scores: Extrapolating from the Duolingo English test to the university	2
A Bayesian approach to improving measurement precision over multiple test occasions	2
Repeated test-taking and longitudinal test score analysis	2
Change in home language environment and English literacy achievement over time: A multi-group latent growth curve modeling investigation	2
Establishing meaning recall and meaning recognition vocabulary knowledge as distinct psychometric constructs in relation to reading proficiency	2
Test design and validity evidence of interactive speaking assessment in the era of emerging technologies	2
Measuring bilingual language dominance: An examination of the reliability of the Bilingual Language Profile	2
An analysis of TOEFL® Primary™ repeaters: How much score change occurs?	2
National assessment of foreign languages in Sweden: A multifaceted and collaborative venture	2
Construct validity and fairness of an operational listening test with World Englishes	2
Comparing holistic and analytic marking methods in assessing speech act production in L2 Chinese	2
Test Review: The International English Language Testing System (IELTS)	2
Understanding writing quality change: A longitudinal study of repeaters of a high-stakes standardized English proficiency test	2
Responsibilities and opportunities in language testing with respect to historicized forms of socio-political discrimination: A matter of academic citizenship	2
Assessing children’s incremental word knowledge in the upper primary grades	2
Roles of working memory, syllogistic inferencing ability, and linguistic knowledge on second language listening comprehension for passages of different lengths	2
Using instructor judgment, learner corpora, and DIF to develop a placement test for Spanish L2 and heritage learners	2
Examining the predictive validity of the Duolingo English Test: Evidence from a major UK university	2
Towards a new sophistication in vocabulary assessment	2
Strategy use in a spoken dialog system–delivered paired discussion task: A stimulated recall study	1

Future challenges and opportunities in language testing and assessment: Basic questions and principles at the forefront	1
L2 and L1 semantic context indices as automated measures of lexical sophistication	1
Book review: Assessing English for Professional Purposes	1
An introduction to Language Testing’s first Virtual Special Issue: Investigating consequences of language test use	1
Toward a systematic accessibility review process for English language proficiency tests for young learners	1
Practical considerations when building concordances between English tests	1
Examining the factor structure and its replicability across multiple listening test forms: Validity evidence for the Michigan English Test	1
Operationalizing the reading-into-writing construct in analytic rating scales: Effects of different approaches on rating	1
Reading is a multidimensional construct at child-L2-English-literacy onset, but comprises fewer dimensions over time: Evidence from multidimensional IRT analysis	1
Accommodations in language testing and assessment: Safeguarding equity, access, and inclusion	1
Advancing equity in language assessment for learners with disabilities	1
Critical discursive approaches to evaluating policy-driven testing: Social impact as a target for validation	1
Book review: Handbook of Diagnostic Classification Models: Models and Model Extensions, Applications, Software Packages	1
Local English testing in China’s tertiary education: Contexts, policies, and practices	1
Assessing speaking through multimodal oral presentations: The case of construct underrepresentation in EAP contexts	1
English learners who are blind or visually impaired: A participatory design approach to enhancing fairness and validity for language testing accommodations	1
Gauging the impact of literacy and educational background on receptive vocabulary test scores	1
Aptis test review	1
Development and initial validation of productive vocabulary tests for isiZulu, Siswati and English in South Africa	1
Implementation of an accommodations policy for candidates with diverse needs in a large-scale testing system	1
IRT-based classification analysis of an English language reading proficiency subtest	1
Revisiting raters’ accent familiarity in speaking tests: Evidence that presentation mode interacts with accent familiarity to variably affect comprehensibility ratings	1
Book Review: The sociology of assessment: Comparative and policy perspectives: The selected works of Patricia Broadfoot	1
Who succeeds and who fails? Exploring the role of background variables in explaining the outcomes of L2 language tests	1
Revisiting English language proficiency and its impact on the academic performance of domestic university students in Singapore	1
Universal tools activation in English language proficiency assessments: A comparison of Grades 1–12 English learners with and without disabilities	1
Fairness of using different English accents: The effect of shared L1s in listening tasks of the Duolingo English test	1
Time to achieving a designated criterion score level: A survival analysis study of test taker performance on the TOEFL iBT^® test	1
Korean Syntactic Complexity Analyzer (KOSCA): An NLP application for the analysis of syntactic complexity in second language production	1