Temple University’s ITA Placement Test in Times of COVID-19

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dc.contributor.groupCenter for American Language and Culture (Temple University)
dc.creatorWagner, Elvis
dc.creatorKrylova, Anna
dc.creator.orcidWagner|0000-0003-2332-3323
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-02T17:03:56Z
dc.date.available2021-03-02T17:03:56Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-24
dc.description.abstractWhen the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to do in-person, on campus testing, we were forced to create a new system to screen International Teaching Assistants (ITA) for Temple university. We used this opportunity to address many of the concerns and problems that we had identified with the previous test, and created a new test that could be administered virtually. The new test (the TU ITA Test) makes it possible to test potential ITAs at any time, allowing departments to make instructor placement decisions far in advance. The TU ITA Test also seems to better assess ITAs’ interactional competence than the previous test, suggesting it might be a more valid ITA screening measure.
dc.description.departmentTeaching and Learning
dc.description.schoolcollegeTemple University. College of Education and Human Development
dc.embargo.lift2022-06-24
dc.format.extent6 pages
dc.identifier.citationElvis Wagner & Anna Krylova (2021) Temple University’s ITA Placement Test in Times of COVID-19, Language Assessment Quarterly, 18:1, 12-16, DOI: 10.1080/15434303.2020.1862849
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/6165
dc.identifier.issn1543-4303
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/6183
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2020.1862849
dc.relation.haspartLanguage Assessment Quarterly, Vol. 18, Issue 1
dc.relation.ispartofCOVID-19 Research
dc.relation.isreferencedbyThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in 'Language Assessment Quarterly' on 2020-12-24, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02614367.2020.1862284.
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectInternational Teaching Assistant
dc.subjectITA
dc.subjectPlacement testing
dc.subjectInteractional competence
dc.temple.creatorWagner, Elvis
dc.temple.creatorKrylova, Anna
dc.titleTemple University’s ITA Placement Test in Times of COVID-19
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dc.type.genrePost-print
refterms.dateFOA2021-03-02T17:03:56Z
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