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Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 5 | Vol. 6 | Vol. 7 Spaan Fellow Working Papers in Second or Foreign Language Assessment Volume 7, 2009 Beverly A. Baker, McGill University. Conflicting Genre Expectations in a High-Stakes Writing Test for Teacher Certification in Quebec. (PDF) Ute Knoch, University of Melbourne. Collaborating with ESP Stakeholders in Rating Scale Validation: The Case of the ICAO Rating Scale. (PDF) Atta Gebril, United Arab Emirates University, and Lia Plakans, The University of Texas at Austin. Investigating Source Use, Discourse Features, and Process in Integrated Writing Tests. (PDF) Tian Song, Michigan State University. Investigating Different Item Response Models in Equating the Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE). (PDF) Luke Harding and Kerry Ryan, The University of Melbourne. Decision Making in Marking Open-Ended Listening Test Items: The Case of the OET. (PDF) download entire volume (PDF; 1.6 MB) Spaan Fellow Working Papers in Second or Foreign Language Assessment Volume 6, 2008 Xin Li, Michigan State University. An Investigation of the Item Parameter Drift in the Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE). (PDF) Anja Römhild, University of Nebraska. Investigating the Invariance of the ECPE Factor Structure across Different Proficiency Levels. (PDF) Bo Zhang, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Investigating Proficiency Classification for the Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE). (PDF) Minhee Eom, University of Texas - Pan American. Underlying Factors of MELAB Listening Constructs. (PDF) Sunyoung Shin, UCLA. Examining the Construct Validity of a Web-Based Academic Listening Test: An Investigation of the Effects of Response Formats. (PDF) Kirby Grabowski, Teachers College, Columbia University. Investigating the Construct Validity of a Performance Test Designed to Measure Grammatical and Pragmatic Knowledge. (PDF) Okim Kang, University of Georgia. Ratings of L2 Oral Performance in English: Relative Impact of Rater Characteristics and Acoustic Measures of Accentedness. (PDF) download entire volume (pdf; 3.4 MB) Spaan Fellow Working Papers in Second or Foreign Language Assessment Volume 5, 2007 Ute Knoch, University of Auckland. Do Empirically Developed Rating Scales Function Differently to Conventional Rating Scales for Academic Writing? (PDF) Yen-Fen Liao, Teachers College, Columbia University. Investigating the Construct Validity of the Grammar and Vocabulary Section and the Listening Section of the ECCE: Lexico-Grammatical Ability as a Predictor of L2 Listening Ability. (PDF) Guoxing Yu, University of Bristol, UK. Lexical Diversity in MELAB Writing and Speaking Task Performances. (PDF) download entire volume (PDF) Spaan Fellow Working Papers in Second or Foreign Language Assessment Volume 4, 2006 Lingyan Gao, University of Alberta. Toward a Cognitive Processing Model of MELAB Reading Test Item Performance. (PDF) Shudong Wang, Harcourt Assessment, Inc. Validation and Invariance of Factor Structure of the ECPE and MELAB across Gender. (PDF) Christopher Weaver, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. Evaluating the Use of Rating Scales in a High-Stakes Japanese University Entrance Examination. (PDF) Taejoon Park, Teachers College, Columbia University. Detecting DIF across Different Language and Gender Groups in the MELAB using the Logistic Regression Method. (PDF) Liz Hamp-Lyons, University of Melbourne, and Alan Davies, University of Edinburgh. Bias Revisited. (PDF) download entire volume (PDF; 712 KB) Spaan Fellow Working Papers in Second or Foreign Language Assessment Volume 3, 2005 Xiaomei Song, Queen's University. Language Learning Strategy Use and Language Performance on the MELAB. (PDF) Aek Phakiti, Maejo University. An Empirical Investigation into the Nature of and Factors Affecting Test Takers' Calibration within the Context of an English Placement Test (EPT). (PDF) Yang Lu, University of Reading. A Validation Study of the ECCE NNS and NS Examiners' Conversational Styles from a Discourse Analytic Perspective. (PDF) Noriko Iwashita, University of Queensland. Investigation of Lexical Profiles in the Performance on EAP Speaking Tests. (PDF) Young-Ju Lee, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. A Summary of Construct Validation of an English for Academic Purposes Placement Test. (PDF) download entire volume (PDF) Spaan Fellow Working Papers in Second or Foreign Language Assessment Volume 2, 2004 Elvis Wagner, Mercy College & Teachers College, Columbia University. A Construct Validation Study of the Listening Sections of the ECPE and MELAB. (PDF) Hong Jiao, Florida State University. Evaluating the Dimensionality of the MELAB. (PDF) Matthew Weltig, Michigan State University. Effects of Language Errors and Importance Attributed to Language on Language and Rhetorical-Level Essay Scoring. (PDF) Xiaoming Xi, University of California, Los Angeles. Investigating Language Performance on the Graph Description Task in a Semi-Direct Oral Test. (PDF) Tobias J. Van Dyk, University of Pretoria. Switching Constructs: Designing an Academic Literacy Assessment Instrument. (PDF) download entire volume (PDF) Spaan Fellow Working Papers in Second or Foreign Language Assessment Volume 1, 2003 Fernando Fleurquin, Alianza Cultural Uruguay Estados Unidos. Development of a Standardized Test for Young EFL Learners. (PDF) Sang-Keun Shin, University of California, Los Angeles. A Construct Validation Study of Emphasis Type Questions in the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery. (PDF) Yoko Saito, Columbia University. Investigating the Construct Validity of the Cloze Section in the Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English. (PDF) Christine A. Coombe, Dubai Men's College, and Dr. Mashael A. Al-Hamly, Kuwait University. An Investigation into the Answer Changing Practices on Multiple-Choice Questions with Gulf Arab Learners in an EFL Context. (PDF) download entire volume (PDF) Ordering Information Bound volumes of the Spaan Fellow Working Papers are $5 each (plus shipping/handling). To order, email testpubs@umich.edu.  Download Adobe's free PDF reader.