Creating a New, Level-based Composition Placement Test at a Growing IEP

Creating a New, Level-based Composition Placement Test at a Growing IEP

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Main Author: Dunstan, Jason A.
Language:English
Published: University of Toledo / OhioLINK 2014
Subjects:
English As A Second Language
assessment
composition
ESL writing
Placement testing
writing prompt design
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1413992871
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-toledo14139928712021-08-03T06:27:54Z Creating a New, Level-based Composition Placement Test at a Growing IEP Dunstan, Jason A. English As A Second Language assessment composition ESL writing Placement testing writing prompt design This paper discusses the research and design of a new composition placement test to better fit the rapidly growing population at an intensive English program. The previous placement test no longer fit because it was designed for a much smaller student population. After reviewing the research, new versions of prompts and instructions were designed to use the curriculum directly as criteria, against which to measure a student's placement. This will decrease the occurrences of misplacement due on discrepancies between language skills, reading ability and writing ability, for example. The new prompts and instructions consider variables of content, linguistic accessibility, task difficulty/variety, and transparency regarding writing evaluation. This can inform any IEPs that are going through similar growing pains with the dramatic increases in international students in the US, year after year 2014-10-22 English text University of Toledo / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1413992871 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1413992871 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: some rights reserved. It is licensed for use under a Creative Commons license. Specific terms and permissions are available from this document's record in the OhioLINK ETD Center.
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assessment
composition
ESL writing
Placement testing
writing prompt design
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assessment
composition
ESL writing
Placement testing
writing prompt design
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Creating a New, Level-based Composition Placement Test at a Growing IEP
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