- J.D. Brown (University of Hawaii)
Research Interests: Criterion-referenced testing, Performance testing, Washback effects, testing pragmatics, cloze testing
Online Publications: - available here -
- Mark Chapman
Research Interests: TOEIC validation, Washback effects
Online Publications: - The role of the TOEIC in a major Japanese company,
TOEIC - Tried but undertested
- Bob Gibson (Keio University)
Research Interests:think aloud protocols, communicative language testing
- Paul Gruba (University of Melbourne)
Research Interests: The role of digital video media as a mode of presentation in second language listening assessment.
Online Publications: An overview of Australian univ. entry req. for int. students
- Jeffrey Hubbell (Hosei University)
Research Interests: Applications of psychometric and linguistic theory to examine the reliability
and validity of ESL/EFL tests in Japanese high school and university entrance exams.
Online Publications: Review of _Measuring Second Language Performance_
- Cecilia B. Ikeguchi (Tsukuba Women's University)
Research Interests: Measurement and assessment of the four skills in second language acquisition.
Online Publications: - available here -
- Yvonne Ishida (Ritsumeikan University)
Research Interests: Writing proficiency test validation, high school testing
Online Publications: Review of _Language Testing_,
Review of _Measuring and Evaluating School Learning_,
Review of three language testing texts
- Akihiro Ito (Aichi Gakuin University)
Research Interests: Cloze testing, the development of English langauge tests in university entrance examinations,
test-type related interlanguage variability.
- Laura MacGregor (Gakushuin University)
Research Interests: Interlocutor feedback during interview tests; the use of
interlocutor frames vs. free-form style interview tests;
the role of English in advertising in Japan.
Online Publications: An Introduction to the TOEIC LPI Test
Testing young learners with CYLE: The new kids on the block
- Elin Melchior (Komaki English Teaching Center)
Research Interests: Oral assessment for large classes and Motivation assessment, CALL
- Tim Newfields (Toyo University)
Research Interests: Oral assessment for large classes and student-generated tests
Online Publications:
Book Review: "Assessing language for specific purposes" by Dan Douglas
Book Review: "Criterion-referenced language testing" by J. D. Brown & Thom Hudson
Oral proficiency testing: One Approach. . .,
Assessment literacy and teacher development
- David Ockert
Research Interests: tcurriculum development, pedagogical activity preferences, motivation, learning strategies
Online Publications: Substantive Scale Verification . . .
- Scott Peterson (Meitoku Junior College)
Research Interests: testing that will help students improve language learning
- Christopher Jon Poel (Musashi Institute of Technology)
Research Interests: University entrance exams (reliability, validity, etc).
Online Publications: "A cloze look at placement testing." (with Spencer D. Weatherly)
- James Swan (Nara University)
Research Interests: Correlating SRA levels to other tests
- Leo Yoffe (Canadian Foreign Service)
Research Interests: Communicative proficiency assessment in large classes, oral proficiency interviews,
portfolio and non-standard assessment
Online Publications: An Overview of ACTFL proficiency interviews: A test of speaking ability
