ETS ETS Research and Innovation

Question 1

What is the name of ETS's primary peer-reviewed journal that publishes research on educational measurement?

Accepted Answer

ETS Research Report Series

Answer

ETS publishes the ETS Research Report Series, which disseminates technical research on psychometrics, test design, and educational measurement.

Question 2

Which ETS-developed automated scoring engine is widely used to score essays on standardized tests?

Accepted Answer

e-rater

Answer

e-rater is ETS's proprietary automated essay scoring system that uses natural language processing to evaluate writing quality.

Question 3

ETS's c-rater engine is designed to automatically score which type of test response?

Accepted Answer

Short constructed-response text answers

Answer

c-rater scores short constructed-response items by checking for key conceptual content in student-written answers.

Question 4

What does ETS's SpeechRater system primarily evaluate?

Accepted Answer

Spoken English proficiency

Answer

SpeechRater is an automated spoken language scoring system developed by ETS to assess features like fluency, pronunciation, and prosody.

Question 5

Which ETS initiative focuses on developing assessments that measure skills such as critical thinking and collaboration alongside content knowledge?

Accepted Answer

21st Century Skills Assessment

Answer

ETS has invested in 21st Century Skills Assessment research to measure competencies like collaboration and critical thinking that go beyond traditional content knowledge.

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ETS ETS Research and Innovation