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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A comprehensive review of Rasch measurement in language assessment: Recommendations and guidelines for research	60
Test Review: Current options in at-home language proficiency tests for making high-stakes decisions	35
A meta-analysis of self-assessment and language performance in language testing and assessment	33
“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	24
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
An eye-tracking study of attention to visual cues in L2 listening tests	20
Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK): A multi-level, multi-purpose proficiency test	19
What can gaze behaviors, neuroimaging data, and test scores tell us about test method effects and cognitive load in listening assessments?	18
Young learners’ voices: Towards a learner-centered approach to understanding language assessment literacy	17
Interpreting testing and assessment: A state-of-the-art review	16
More efficient processes for creating automated essay scoring frameworks: A demonstration of two algorithms	16
Using confidence intervals to determine adequate item sample sizes for vocabulary tests: An essential but overlooked practice	16
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
The longitudinal stability of rating characteristics in an EFL examination: Methodological and substantive considerations	9
Critical language assessment literacy of EFL teachers: Scale construction and validation	8
Hong Kong secondary students’ perspectives on selecting test difficulty level and learner washback: Effects of a graded approach to assessment	8
Predicting communicative effectiveness in the international workplace: Support for TOEIC^® Speaking test scores from linguistic laypersons	8
Assessing Rasch measurement estimation methods across R packages with yes/no vocabulary test data	7

Exploring which test-taker characteristics predict young L2 learners’ performance on listening and reading comprehension tests	7
The vexing problem of validity and the future of second language assessment	7
Dimensionality of speech fluency: Examining the relationships among complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) features of speaking performances on the Aptis test	7
Bridging local needs and national standards: Use of standards-based individualized feedback of an in-house EFL listening test in China	6
Adaptation of the British Sign Language Receptive Skills Test into Polish Sign Language	6
Investigating and optimizing score dependability of a local ITA speaking test across language groups: A generalizability theory approach	6
An investigation of the validity of a speaking assessment for adolescent English language learners	6
Local tests, local contexts	6
A comparative judgment approach to assessing Chinese Sign Language interpreting	5
Application of an Automated Essay Scoring engine to English writing assessment using Many-Facet Rasch Measurement	5
Test-taker insights for language assessment policies and practices	5
Review of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test	4
The relationship among accent familiarity, shared L1, and comprehensibility: A path analysis perspective	4
A meta-analysis on the predictive validity of English language proficiency assessments for college admissions	4
Linking scores from two written receptive English academic vocabulary tests—The VLT-Ac and the AVT	4
Testing young foreign language learners’ reading comprehension: Exploring the effects of working memory, grade level, and reading task	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
Register variation in spoken and written language use across technology-mediated and non-technology-mediated learning environments	4
Establishing meaning recall and meaning recognition vocabulary knowledge as distinct psychometric constructs in relation to reading proficiency	4
Innovation and expansion in Language Testing for changing times	4
Developing a level-specific checklist for assessing EFL writing	4
Measuring bilingual language dominance: An examination of the reliability of the Bilingual Language Profile	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
Test Review: The International English Language Testing System (IELTS)	3
Psychometric approaches to analyzing C-tests	3
Investigating the impact of self-pacing on the L2 listening performance of young learner candidates with differing L1 literacy skills	3
What the analytic versus holistic scoring of international teaching assistants can reveal: Lexical grammar matters	3
Reflecting on assessing young foreign language learners	3
Developing a local academic English listening test using authentic unscripted audio-visual texts	3
A look into the practices and challenges of assessing young EFL learners’ writing in Croatia	3
Local placement test retrofit and building language assessment literacy with teacher stakeholders: A case study from Colombia	3
Towards a new sophistication in vocabulary assessment	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
Assessing children’s incremental word knowledge in the upper primary grades	2
Citizenship in language testing: A call for respectful collaborations	2
Roles of working memory, syllogistic inferencing ability, and linguistic knowledge on second language listening comprehension for passages of different lengths	2
Change in home language environment and English literacy achievement over time: A multi-group latent growth curve modeling investigation	2
Using instructor judgment, learner corpora, and DIF to develop a placement test for Spanish L2 and heritage learners	2
Test design and validity evidence of interactive speaking assessment in the era of emerging technologies	2
Revisiting raters’ accent familiarity in speaking tests: Evidence that presentation mode interacts with accent familiarity to variably affect comprehensibility ratings	2
Who succeeds and who fails? Exploring the role of background variables in explaining the outcomes of L2 language tests	2
A Bayesian approach to improving measurement precision over multiple test occasions	2
Practical considerations when building concordances between English tests	2
Repeated test-taking and longitudinal test score analysis	2
Comparing holistic and analytic marking methods in assessing speech act production in L2 Chinese	2
Strategy use in a spoken dialog system–delivered paired discussion task: A stimulated recall study	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

An analysis of TOEFL® Primary™ repeaters: How much score change occurs?	2
Revisiting English language proficiency and its impact on the academic performance of domestic university students in Singapore	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
Examining the predictive validity of the Duolingo English Test: Evidence from a major UK university	2
Reading is a multidimensional construct at child-L2-English-literacy onset, but comprises fewer dimensions over time: Evidence from multidimensional IRT analysis	1
Implementation of an accommodations policy for candidates with diverse needs in a large-scale testing system	1
Advancing equity in language assessment for learners with disabilities	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
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
Aptis test review	1
Korean Syntactic Complexity Analyzer (KOSCA): An NLP application for the analysis of syntactic complexity in second language production	1
Development and initial validation of productive vocabulary tests for isiZulu, Siswati and English in South Africa	1
Future challenges and opportunities in language testing and assessment: Basic questions and principles at the forefront	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
Toward a systematic accessibility review process for English language proficiency tests for young learners	1
Assessing speaking through multimodal oral presentations: The case of construct underrepresentation in EAP contexts	1
Time to achieving a designated criterion score level: A survival analysis study of test taker performance on the TOEFL iBT^® test	1
Accommodations in language testing and assessment: Safeguarding equity, access, and inclusion	1
Critical discursive approaches to evaluating policy-driven testing: Social impact as a target for validation	1
IRT-based classification analysis of an English language reading proficiency subtest	1
Book Review: The sociology of assessment: Comparative and policy perspectives: The selected works of Patricia Broadfoot	1
Examining the factor structure and its replicability across multiple listening test forms: Validity evidence for the Michigan English Test	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
Operationalizing the reading-into-writing construct in analytic rating scales: Effects of different approaches on rating	1