OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Language Assessment Quarterly is 0. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
At the Intersection of Language Testing Policy, Practice, and Research: An Interview with Yan Jin	17
Assessing Interactional Competence: ICE versus a Human Partner	17
Aligning Language Frameworks: An Example with the CLB and CEFR	14
Assessing Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Language Testing for Citizenship Through LAMAS (Language Accreditation for Migration Attitudes Scale)	10
Validity Arguments for Automated Essay Scoring of Young Students’ Writing Traits	9
Looking Back and Forward: Language Assessment Insights from Constant Leung	9
An Interview with Timothy Francis McNamara	9
Content Analysis of Test Taker Responses on an AP Japanese Computer-Simulated Conversation Test: A Mixed Methods Approach for A Validity Argument	9
Advancing the International Recognition of the Locally-Produced GEPT: An Interview with Jessica Wu	8
Advancing Language Assessment with AI and ML–Leaning into AI is Inevitable, but Can Theory Keep Up?	8
Washback into an Ecosystem of Teaching, Learning and Testing within Asia and Beyond: An Interview with Liying Cheng	8
The Development and Initial Validation of O-WSVLT, a Meaning-Recall Online L2 Spanish Vocabulary Levels Test	7
L2 writing assessment: An evolutionary perspective	7
Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Writing Classroom	7
The Role of Gazing Behaviors in Navigating Paired Role-Play Interactional Competence Assessment Tasks	7
A Review on Language Assessment Literacy: Trends, Foci and Contributions	7
The Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Students with Different English Language Proficiency Profiles	6
At the Interface of Language Testing and Language Teaching: An Interview with Lianzhen He	6
Fairness, Justice, and Language Assessment	6
The Use of Assistive Technologies Including Generative AI by Test Takers in Language Assessment: A Debate of Theory and Practice	5
Assessing English for Professional Purposes	5
Automatic Speaking Assessment of Spontaneous L2 Finnish and Swedish	5
A Study on Peer Mediation in Dynamic Assessment of Translation Revision Competence	4
Second Language Identity: Awareness, Ideology, and Assessment in Higher Education	4
Developing and Validating a Computerized Adaptive Testing System for Measuring the English Proficiency of Taiwanese EFL University Students	4

Promoting Change in Language Teaching and Assessment at Policy and Practice Levels: An Interview with Hossein Farhady	4
Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice *Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice*	4
Gazing into Cognition: Eye Behavior in Online L2 Speaking Tests	3
Remote Proctoring in Language Testing: Implications for Fairness and Justice	3
“Assessment Research for the Benefit of Humanity”: An Interview with Randy Thrasher and Yoshinori Watanabe	3
Another Generation of Fundamental Considerations in Language Assessment: A Festschrift in Honor of Lyle F. Bachman	3
Twenty Years of Language Assessment Quarterly : An Interview with LAQ Founder Antony Kunnan	3
Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions	3
Fostering Self-Regulated Young Writers: Dynamic Assessment of Metacognitive Competence in Secondary School EFL Class	3
Application of Bi-factor MIRT and Higher-order CDM Models to an In-house EFL Listening Test for Diagnostic Purposes	3
Investigating Second Language (L2) Reading Subskill Associations: A Cognitive Diagnosis Approach	3
Validity Arguments in Language Testing: Case Studies of Validation Research	2
The Role of Vocabulary in Speaking: Voices from Learners and Raters	2
Comparability Between Graded Readers and the Common Test in Japan in Terms of Text Difficulty Perceived by Learners	2
Test Review: ACTFL Assessment of Performance Toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL)	2
An Empirical Evaluation of Lexical Diversity Indices in L2 Korean Writing Assessment	2
Using Multistage Testing to Enhance Measurement of an English Language Proficiency Test	1
Developing a Scenario-Based English Language Assessment in an Asian University	1
Talking and Thinking About Systems: An Interview with Nick Saville	1
Examining the Scoring of Content Integration in a Listening-Speaking Test: A G-Theory Analysis	1
Test Takers’ Attitudes Toward Varieties of Accents in Listening Tasks of the Duolingo English Test (2021 test version)	1
L2 Speaking Assessment in Secondary School Classrooms in Japan	1
Reconsidering Context in Language Assessment: Transdisciplinary Perspectives, Social Theories, and Validity	1
Technology-Enhanced Items in Grades 1–12 English Language Proficiency Assessments	1
Advancing L2 Dynamic Assessment: Innovations in Chinese Contexts	1
Literacy Affects Brain Structure – What Can We Learn for Language Assessment in Low Literates?	1
Promoting Learning Potential among Students of L2 Chinese through Dynamic Assessment	1
In Memoriam: Timothy Francis McNamara (1949-2023)	1
Test Review: LanguageCert IESOL B1 (Achiever) SELT	1
Developing and Validating a Multilingual Literacy Test for Asylum Seekers	0
The English Speaking Achievement Test for Japanese Junior High School Students (ESAT-J): An Analysis of Public Criticisms Using the Socio-Cognitive Framework	0
The Interplay of Text and Image on the Meaning-making Processes of Adult L2 Learners with Emerging Literacy: Implications for Test Design and Evaluation Frameworks	0
Evaluating Fairness and Justice of External English Language Test Score Interpretation and Use for Japanese University Admission	0
Reflections on the Application and Validation of Technology in Language Testing	0
The Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP) Test	0
Evaluation of Language and Teaching Skill Domains for International Teaching Assistants: An Approach based on Invariant Measurement	0
Putting Low Alphabetic Print Literacy on the Language Testing Agenda	0
From Assessment to Feedback: Applications in the Second/Foreign language Classroom	0
Washback from Four-Skills English Exams in the Japanese Secondary School Context	0
An Investigation of the Impact of Jagged Profile on L2 Speaking Test Ratings: Evidence from Rating and Eye-tracking Data	0
Excellence is Not a Destination but a Journey! An Interview with Jacob Tharu	0
Insights into Editing and Revising in Writing Process Using Keystroke Logs	0
Fundamental Considerations in Technology Mediated Language Assessment	0
Adapting to a New Normal: A Review of Technology Assisted Language Assessment in Diverse Contexts	0
Enhancing EFL Learners’ Reading Proficiency through Dynamic Assessment	0
The Evolution of Assessment in English Pronunciation: The Case of Hong Kong (1978-2018)	0
Language Testing for Migrants: Co-Constructing Validation	0
The Criticality of Implementing Principled Design When Using AI Technologies in Test Development	0
Assessment of English Learners and Their Peers in the Content Areas: Expanding What “Counts” as Evidence of Content Learning	0
The Diagnosis of Writing in a Second or Foreign Language	0

The Creation and Validation of the Arabic Vocabulary Levels Test (Arabic-VLT)	0
A Revisit of Zumbo’s Third Generation DIF: How Are We Doing in Language Testing?	0
A Three-Step DIF Analysis of a Reading Comprehension Test Across Regional Dialects to Improve Test Score Validity	0
A Meta-Analysis of Accommodation Effects for English Learners: Considering Possible Moderators	0
Dynamic Assessment of the Learning Potential of Chinese as a Second Language	0
Test-Taker Engagement in AI Technology-Mediated Language Assessment	0
From Global Dependence to Local Expertise: An Interview with Rama Mathew	0
Correction	0
Differential Item Functioning Due to Cultural Familiarity on a Large-Scale Reading Test: Does the Length of Residence Matter?	0
Assessing Speaking in Context: Expanding the Construct and its Applications	0
Language Test Misuse	0
The Role of Achievement Goals and Strategy Use in Secondary School students’ Integrated Writing Performance	0
An Interventionist Dynamic Assessment Approach to College English Writing in China	0
Teaching and Testing Second Language Pragmatics and Interaction: A Practical Guide	0
Development of a Sign Repetition Task for Novice L2 Signers	0
The Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Students with Different TOEFL iBT Score Profiles: A Replication Study	0
A Comparison of Yen’s Q3 Coefficient and Rasch Testlet Modeling for Identifying Local Item Dependence: Evidence from Two Vocabulary Matching Tests	0
Handbook of Automated Scoring: Theory into Practice	0
Argument-Based Validation in Testing and Assessment	0
An Exploration of the English Exit Examination Policy in Thai Public Universities	0
First Language Literacy Skills, Listening Strategy Use, and Anxiety in Self-Paced versus Single-Play L2 Listening Tests	0
The Relationship between Word Difficulty and Frequency: A Response to Hashimoto (2021)	0
Is Assessment Fair?	0
Investigating the Effects of Task Type and Linguistic Background on Accuracy in Automated Speech Recognition Systems: Implications for Use in Language Assessment of Young Learners	0
Prof Liz Hamp-Lyons (1946–2022)	0
Tracking the Development of L2 Reading Subskills Using Longitudinal Cognitive Diagnosis Models	0
Prof Bernard (Dov) Spolsky	0
Innovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment	0
Classroom-Based Formative Assessment	0
Advancing Language Assessment with GPT: Is It Nonnative-Language Friendly?	0
What Do the Measures of Utterance Fluency Employed in Automatic Speech Evaluation (ASE) Tell Us About Oral Proficiency?	0
Automated Sign Language Vocabulary Assessment: Comparing Human and Machine Ratings and Studying Learner Perceptions	0
The Fluctuating Effect of Thinking on Language Performance: New Evidence for the Island Ridge Curve	0
Exploring the Potential of a Spoken Dialog System-Delivered Paired Discussion Task for Assessing Interactional Competence	0
Using Causal Explanation Speaking Tasks to Assess Young EFL learners’ Speaking Ability: The Effects of Age, Cognitive, and L2 Linguistic Development	0
Assessing Receptive Skills in an Adult L2 Learner Population with Diverse Educational Backgrounds	0