Provides study tools for the computer-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), including diagnostic tests, skill reviews, practice questions, essay guidance, a complete transcript of the listening tests and exercises, test-taking strategies, screen captures, and two full-length practice tests with explained answers.

Building a Validity Argument for the Test of English as a Foreign LanguageTM is distinctive in its attempt to develop a coherent story of the rationale for a test or its revision, explain the research and development process, and provide the results of the validation process. This volume is particularly relevant for professionals and graduate students in educational measurement, applied linguistics, and second language acquisition as well as anyone interested in assessment issues.

A guide to mastering the TOEFL provides sample exams, test-taking strategies, and explanatory answers.

Includes the complete TOEFL CBT Testbuster plus CD-ROM with CBT software (computer based tests.) In a computer adaptive test, the computer automatically "adapts" the test to the test- taker's performance. Questions get harder or easier depending on how the preceding question is answered. Scoring is based on how many of the more difficult questions are answered correctly. REA's CBT software thoroughly prepares students for this computer adaptive test. Outsmart the TOEFL CBT and raise your score with the proven testbuster strategies and techniques of the leading national coach and review courses. You get the best of the best coaching wisdom and test-taking strategies that have proven to raise test scores. Reviews are specifically tailored to the subject matter covered on the test so you don't waste time studying irrelevant material. Test questions are broken down and analyzed, with specific techniques to help you answer more questions in less time. Strategies and tips are presented that enable you to answer questions quicker and easier on all sections of the TOEFL: Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Structure and Written Expression. The testbuster teaches you to attack any question that may appear on the TOEFL CBT by capitalizing on the structure and very basis of the TOEFL CBT content. Specific strategies are taught to help you score higher on all areas of the TOEFL CBT. Four full-length diagnostic tests are included to help you determine your strengths and weaknesses. Also includes REA's Verbal Builder software to build vocabulary and reading skills. The CD-ROM works on Windows and Macintosh computers. Suitable for any PC with 16 MB of RAM minimum. Any Macintosh with a 68020 or higher processor, 16 MB of RAM minimum, System 7.1 or later.

Providing diagnostic tests, practical exercises, helpful hints for improving scores, and explanations of the listening, reading, and writing sections of the test, this detailed TOEFL CBT primer covers all elements of effective test preparation. Useful insider tips such as time management during the test, frequency of question types, and TOEFL CBT scoring are offered. Listening scripts, answer keys, and answer explanations are included.

Provides strategies, tips, and four practice tests covering listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills and is thematically arranged by history, science, education, business, social science, arts, technology, and entertainment.

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license.​​ This book describes the extensive contributions made toward the advancement of human assessment by scientists from one of the world’s leading research institutions, Educational Testing Service. The book’s four major sections detail research and development in measurement and statistics, education policy analysis and evaluation, scientific psychology, and validity. Many of the developments presented have become de-facto standards in educational and psychological measurement, including in item response theory (IRT), linking and equating, differential item functioning (DIF), and educational surveys like the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the Programme of international Student Assessment (PISA), the Progress of International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). In addition to its comprehensive coverage of contributions to the theory and methodology of educational and psychological measurement and statistics, the book gives significant attention to ETS work in cognitive, personality, developmental, and social psychology, and to education policy analysis and program evaluation. The chapter authors are long-standing experts who provide broad coverage and thoughtful insights that build upon decades of experience in research and best practices for measurement, evaluation, scientific psychology, and education policy analysis. Opening with a chapter on the genesis of ETS and closing with a synthesis of the enormously diverse set of contributions made over its 70-year history, the book is a useful resource for all interested in the improvement of human assessment.

The implicit/ explicit distinction is central to our understanding of the nature of L2 acquisition. This book begins with an account of how this distinction applies to L2 learning, knowledge and instruction. It then reports a series of studies describing the development of a battery of tests providing relatively discrete measurements of L2 explicit/ implicit knowledge. These tests were then utilized to examine a number of key issues in SLA - the learning difficulty of different grammatical structures, the role of L2 implicit/ explicit knowledge in language proficiency, the relationship between learning experiences and learners’ language knowledge profiles, the metalinguistic knowledge of teacher trainees and the effects of different types of form-focused instruction on L2 acquisition. The book concludes with a consideration of how the tests can be further developed and applied in the study of L2 acquisition.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of basic and more advanced research methodologies in applied linguistics and offers a state-of-the-art review of methods particular to various domains within the field. Arranged thematically in 4 parts, across 41 chapters, it covers a range of research approaches, presents current perspectives, and addresses key issues in different research methods, such as designing and implementing research instruments and techniques, and analysing different types of applied linguistics data. Innovations, challenges and trends in applied linguistics research are examined throughout the Handbook. As such it offers an up-to-date and highly accessible entry point into both established and emerging approaches that will offer fresh possibilities and perspectives as well as thorough consideration of best practices. This wide-ranging volume will prove an invaluable resource to applied linguists at all levels, including scholars in related fields such as language learning and teaching, multilingualism, corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, discourse analysis and pragmatics, language assessment, language policy and planning, multimodal communication, and translation.