Language Testing

Papers
(The TQCC of Language Testing is 4. 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 2020-02-01 to 2024-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
A comprehensive review of Rasch measurement in language assessment: Recommendations and guidelines for research55
Test Review: Current options in at-home language proficiency tests for making high-stakes decisions34
A meta-analysis of self-assessment and language performance in language testing and assessment28
Effect of prompt type on test-takers’ writing performance and writing strategy use in the continuation task27
“Am I qualified to be a language tester?”: Understanding the development of language assessment literacy across three stakeholder groups24
Automated scoring of junior and senior high essays using Coh-Metrix features: Implications for large-scale language testing22
The effect of response order on candidate viewing behaviour and item difficulty in a multiple-choice listening test20
Developing individualized feedback for listening assessment: Combining standard setting and cognitive diagnostic assessment approaches19
What can gaze behaviors, neuroimaging data, and test scores tell us about test method effects and cognitive load in listening assessments?17
Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK): A multi-level, multi-purpose proficiency test17
An eye-tracking study of attention to visual cues in L2 listening tests15
Young learners’ voices: Towards a learner-centered approach to understanding language assessment literacy15
More efficient processes for creating automated essay scoring frameworks: A demonstration of two algorithms15
What scores from monologic speaking tests can(not) tell us about interactional competence14
Interpreting testing and assessment: A state-of-the-art review14
Using confidence intervals to determine adequate item sample sizes for vocabulary tests: An essential but overlooked practice14
Examining the L2 reading comprehension ability of adult ELLs: Developing a diagnostic test within the cognitive diagnostic assessment framework13
Revisiting rating scale development for rater-mediated language performance assessments: Modelling construct and contextual choices made by scale developers10
The typology of second language listening constructs: A systematic review10
Drawing on repeat test takers to study test preparation practices and their links to score gains10
Examining the effects of different English speech varieties on an L2 academic listening comprehension test at the item level9
Hong Kong secondary students’ perspectives on selecting test difficulty level and learner washback: Effects of a graded approach to assessment8
Critical language assessment literacy of EFL teachers: Scale construction and validation7
Dimensionality of speech fluency: Examining the relationships among complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) features of speaking performances on the Aptis test7
Exploring which test-taker characteristics predict young L2 learners’ performance on listening and reading comprehension tests7
Assessing Rasch measurement estimation methods across R packages with yes/no vocabulary test data7
The longitudinal stability of rating characteristics in an EFL examination: Methodological and substantive considerations6
The vexing problem of validity and the future of second language assessment6
Bridging local needs and national standards: Use of standards-based individualized feedback of an in-house EFL listening test in China6
Adaptation of the British Sign Language Receptive Skills Test into Polish Sign Language6
Predicting communicative effectiveness in the international workplace: Support for TOEIC® Speaking test scores from linguistic laypersons6
Local tests, local contexts6
Placement testing: One test, two tests, three tests? How many tests are sufficient?5
Application of an Automated Essay Scoring engine to English writing assessment using Many-Facet Rasch Measurement5
Investigating and optimizing score dependability of a local ITA speaking test across language groups: A generalizability theory approach5
An investigation of the validity of a speaking assessment for adolescent English language learners5
Testing young foreign language learners’ reading comprehension: Exploring the effects of working memory, grade level, and reading task4
Developing a level-specific checklist for assessing EFL writing4
Review of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test4
A comparative judgment approach to assessing Chinese Sign Language interpreting4
Test-taker insights for language assessment policies and practices4
Register variation in spoken and written language use across technology-mediated and non-technology-mediated learning environments4
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