OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2020-05-01 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
Using confidence intervals to determine adequate item sample sizes for vocabulary tests: An essential but overlooked practice	16
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
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
Examining the effects of different English speech varieties on an L2 academic listening comprehension test at the item level	10
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
The longitudinal stability of rating characteristics in an EFL examination: Methodological and substantive considerations	9
Predicting communicative effectiveness in the international workplace: Support for TOEIC^® Speaking test scores from linguistic laypersons	8
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
Dimensionality of speech fluency: Examining the relationships among complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) features of speaking performances on the Aptis test	7

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
An investigation of the validity of a speaking assessment for adolescent English language learners	6
Local tests, local contexts	6
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
Test-taker insights for language assessment policies and practices	5
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
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
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